linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 15/16] x86: update AS_* macros to binutils >=2.23, supporting ADX and AVX2

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Date:   Thu, 26 Mar 2020 13:48:27 -0600
From:   "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        "maintainer:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)" <x86@...nel.org>,
        clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "open list:HARDWARE RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR CORE" 
        <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 15/16] x86: update AS_* macros to binutils >=2.23,
 supporting ADX and AVX2

On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 11:55 AM Nick Desaulniers
<ndesaulniers@...gle.com> wrote:
> I see four checks for CONFIG_AS_AVX2 in:
> net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c
> net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
> net/netfilter/Makefile
> net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo_avx2.h

That code isn't in Linus' tree right now is it? Does it make sense for
us to see which subsystem trees (crypto, netfilter, raid, etc) are
submitted to 5.7? Or would you rather this patchset be rebased now on
next?