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authorAlexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@oracle.com>2025-11-21 10:53:28 +0100
committerPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2025-11-21 15:30:12 +0100
commit7ad7a4a72050a74f8927719272075d07d2f7777f (patch)
tree55377db1a4479cdb619beba3af3e71a26937ca08
parent5f326c88973691232c0e56ced83c199d53d86766 (diff)
objtool: Preserve alternatives order
Preserve the order in which alternatives are defined. Currently objtool stores alternatives in a list in reverse order. Signed-off-by: Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251121095340.464045-19-alexandre.chartre@oracle.com
-rw-r--r--tools/objtool/check.c16
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index 9cd9f9d4f656..f75364f20bf1 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -1921,6 +1921,7 @@ static int add_special_section_alts(struct objtool_file *file)
struct special_alt *special_alt, *tmp;
enum alternative_type alt_type;
struct alternative *alt;
+ struct alternative *a;
if (special_get_alts(file->elf, &special_alts))
return -1;
@@ -1973,9 +1974,20 @@ static int add_special_section_alts(struct objtool_file *file)
}
alt->insn = new_insn;
- alt->next = orig_insn->alts;
alt->type = alt_type;
- orig_insn->alts = alt;
+ alt->next = NULL;
+
+ /*
+ * Store alternatives in the same order they have been
+ * defined.
+ */
+ if (!orig_insn->alts) {
+ orig_insn->alts = alt;
+ } else {
+ for (a = orig_insn->alts; a->next; a = a->next)
+ ;
+ a->next = alt;
+ }
list_del(&special_alt->list);
free(special_alt);