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Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 13:52:05 -0700 From: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com> To: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, Andrew Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/8] x86: Add support for rd/wr fs/gs base On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 10:25:42PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 01:21:32PM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > Is there some reason that the normal ALTERNATIVE macro can't be used here? > > > > This is assembler, not C. > > He's talking about the ALTERNATIVE asm macro in alternative-asm.h in > tip/master now. No open coded crap. I don't think that macro works jumps that are patched in (and probably should have never been added because of that) -Andi -- ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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