linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] x86/cpufeature: Get rid of the non-asm goto variant

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Message-ID: <56A12A79.1000208@zytor.com>
Date:	Thu, 21 Jan 2016 10:59:05 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] x86/cpufeature: Get rid of the non-asm goto variant

On 01/21/16 10:34, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
> 
> I can simply quote hpa from the mail:
> 
> "Get rid of the non-asm goto variant and just fall back to dynamic if
> asm goto is unavailable. It doesn't make any sense, really, if it is
> supposed to be safe, and by now the asm goto-capable gcc is in more wide
> use. (Originally the gcc 3.x fallback to pure dynamic didn't exist,
> either.)"
> 
> Booy, am I lazy.
> 

Laughed-at-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>

	;)

	-hpa