linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] objtool,perf: Use shared x86 insn decoder

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Message-ID: <20190830071908.GY2369@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Fri, 30 Aug 2019 09:19:08 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] objtool,perf: Use shared x86 insn decoder

On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 05:41:17PM -0500, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> It's kind of silly that we have *three* identical copies of the x86 insn
> decoder in the kernel tree.  Make it approximately 50% less silly by
> reducing that number to two.
> 
> Josh Poimboeuf (4):
>   objtool: Move x86 insn decoder to a common location
>   perf: Update .gitignore file
>   perf intel-pt: Remove inat.c from build dependency list
>   perf intel-pt: Use shared x86 insn decoder

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>