[PATCH 08/14] objtool: Allow setting --mnop without --mcount

Josh Poimboeuf jpoimboe at kernel.org
Wed Mar 4 19:31:27 PST 2026


Instead of returning an error for --mnop without --mcount, just silently
ignore it.  This will help simplify kbuild's handling of objtool args.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe at kernel.org>
---
 tools/objtool/builtin-check.c | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c b/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
index b780df513715..f528a58aca74 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
@@ -145,11 +145,6 @@ int cmd_parse_options(int argc, const char **argv, const char * const usage[])
 
 static bool opts_valid(void)
 {
-	if (opts.mnop && !opts.mcount) {
-		ERROR("--mnop requires --mcount");
-		return false;
-	}
-
 	if (opts.noinstr && !opts.link) {
 		ERROR("--noinstr requires --link");
 		return false;
-- 
2.53.0




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