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Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2018 16:05:53 +0100
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To: Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
x86@...nel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 09/10] x86/jump-label: remove support for custom poker
On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 03:17:31PM -0800, Nadav Amit wrote:
> There are only two types of poking: early and breakpoint based. The use
> of a function pointer to perform poking complicates the code and is
> probably inefficient due to the use of indirect branches.
Right; we used to have a 3rd way, but that is long gone.
Nice cleanup!
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