linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 5/6] x86/ftrace: Use text

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Date:   Wed, 16 Oct 2019 12:15:50 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
cc:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>,
        Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mhiramat@...nel.org,
        bristot@...hat.com, jbaron@...mai.com,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        mingo@...nel.org, namit@...are.com, hpa@...or.com, luto@...nel.org,
        ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org, jpoimboe@...hat.com,
        live-patching@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 5/6] x86/ftrace: Use text_poke()

On Wed, 16 Oct 2019, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> > which are not compatible with livepatching. GCC upstream now has
> > -flive-patching option, which disables all those interfering optimizations.
> 
> Which, IIRC, has a significant performance impact and should thus really
> not be used...

Fortunately, the impact is negligible.

Miroslav