linux/tools/objtool/Documentation/objtool.txt, branch v6.4

docs: move x86 documentation into Documentation/arch/

2023-03-30T18:58:51Z

Move the x86 documentation under Documentation/arch/ as a way of cleaning up the top-level directory and making the structure of our docs more closely match the structure of the source directories it describes. All in-kernel references to the old paths have been updated. Acked-by: Dave Hansen Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Cc: x86@kernel.org Cc: Borislav Petkov Cc: Thomas Gleixner Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230315211523.108836-1-corbet@lwn.net/ Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

objtool: Check that module init/exit function is an indirect call target

2023-01-21T09:50:18Z

Some out-of-tree modules still do not use module_init() / module_exit() macros and simply create functions with magic names init_module() and cleanup_module() instead. As a result, these functions are not recognized as indirect call targets by objtool and such module fails to load into an IBT enabled kernel. This old way is not even documented any more but it is cleaner to issue a warning than to let the module fail on load without obvious reason. Signed-off-by: Michal Kubecek Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230118105215.B9DA960514@lion.mk-sys.cz

objtool: Update documentation

2022-04-22T10:32:05Z

The objtool documentation is very stack validation centric. Broaden the documentation and describe all the features objtool supports. Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/b6a84d301d9f73ec6725752654097f4e31fa1b69.1650300597.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com