3 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c b/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
index 24fbe803a0d3..0a04f8ea4432 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
@@ -57,12 +57,17 @@ static int parse_hacks(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset)
 		found = true;
 	}
 
+	if (!str || strstr(str, "skylake")) {
+		opts.hack_skylake = true;
+		found = true;
+	}
+
 	return found ? 0 : -1;
 }
 
 const struct option check_options[] = {
 	OPT_GROUP("Actions:"),
-	OPT_CALLBACK_OPTARG('h', "hacks", NULL, NULL, "jump_label,noinstr", "patch toolchain bugs/limitations", parse_hacks),
+	OPT_CALLBACK_OPTARG('h', "hacks", NULL, NULL, "jump_label,noinstr,skylake", "patch toolchain bugs/limitations", parse_hacks),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('i', "ibt", &opts.ibt, "validate and annotate IBT"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('m', "mcount", &opts.mcount, "annotate mcount/fentry calls for ftrace"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "noinstr", &opts.noinstr, "validate noinstr rules"),
diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index f578e030e8bb..1461c8894fb7 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -4352,10 +4352,12 @@ int check(struct objtool_file *file)
 			goto out;
 		warnings += ret;
 
-		ret = create_direct_call_sections(file);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			goto out;
-		warnings += ret;
+		if (opts.hack_skylake) {
+			ret = create_direct_call_sections(file);
+			if (ret < 0)
+				goto out;
+			warnings += ret;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (opts.mcount) {
diff --git a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h
index 42a52f1a0add..22092a9f3cf6 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ struct opts {
 	bool dump_orc;
 	bool hack_jump_label;
 	bool hack_noinstr;
+	bool hack_skylake;
 	bool ibt;
 	bool mcount;
 	bool noinstr;