linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] x86/alternatives: Add an auxilary section

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Message-ID: <20160121190728.GH21930@pd.tnic>
Date:	Thu, 21 Jan 2016 20:07:28 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
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 4/5] x86/alternatives: Add an auxilary section

On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 11:00:03AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> NAK on this being part of .altinstr_replacement (if anything it ought to
> simply be part of .text.init).  Otherwise fine.

You mean .init.text. Brian had it there in his original version. Out of
curiosity, why don't you want it in .altinstr_replacement? To avoid any
mixup?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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