Subject: [PATCH v3 12/16] objtool: Read special sections with alts only when specific options are selected

From: Sathvika Vasireddy <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2022 13:50:16 +0530

Call add_special_section_alts() only when stackval or orc or uaccess or
noinstr options are passed to objtool.

Signed-off-by: Sathvika Vasireddy <[email-masked]>
---
 tools/objtool/check.c | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index 35827e6c6df9..c6457dac6d58 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -2372,9 +2372,11 @@ static int decode_sections(struct objtool_file *file)
 	 * Must be before add_jump_destinations(), which depends on 'func'
 	 * being set for alternatives, to enable proper sibling call detection.
 	 */
-	ret = add_special_section_alts(file);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+	if (opts.stackval || opts.orc || opts.uaccess || opts.noinstr) {
+		ret = add_special_section_alts(file);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
 
 	ret = add_jump_destinations(file);
 	if (ret)
-- 
2.31.1