linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] x86/jump-label: Use best default nops for inital jump label calls

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Date:	Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:00:14 -0500
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] x86/jump-label: Use best default nops for inital
 jump label calls

On Fri, 2012-01-27 at 12:50 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 01/27/2012 12:49 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > 
> > If not, at the very least, I'll add a comment (in the last patch) that
> > explains why we use our own "JUMP_LABEL_INIT_NOP" instead of
> > ASM_NOP5_ATOMIC.
> > 
> 
> Then at least use GENERIC_NOP5_ATOMIC instead of open-coding it.

OK, I can do that. Hehe, I looked for the x86_32 version, but it was so
obfuscated that I didn't find it. Thanks for pointing it out.

-- Steve


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