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authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2022-03-08 16:30:13 +0100
committerPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2022-03-15 10:32:32 +0100
commitf2d3a250897133cc36c13a641bd6a9b4dd5ad234 (patch)
treedda16098a471e59ff9c7a2d80859bab1f9cb2681 /tools/objtool/elf.c
parentb44544fe0298ee2224960a31f795e317029e2a60 (diff)
downloadlinux-f2d3a250897133cc36c13a641bd6a9b4dd5ad234.tar.bz2
objtool: Add --dry-run
Add a --dry-run argument to skip writing the modifications. This is convenient for debugging. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz> Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220308154317.282720146@infradead.org
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/objtool/elf.c')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index 4b384c907027..456ac2206404 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -1019,6 +1019,9 @@ int elf_write(struct elf *elf)
struct section *sec;
Elf_Scn *s;
+ if (dryrun)
+ return 0;
+
/* Update changed relocation sections and section headers: */
list_for_each_entry(sec, &elf->sections, list) {
if (sec->changed) {