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 12:58:06 -0700
From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
To:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.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 12:48 PM Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com> wrote:
>
> 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

Indeed, it seems I was grepping in my checkout of -next.

> 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?

I think rebasing on -next is the way to go.  I usually generate my
patches off of that, though some trees that don't feed into -next are
technically further ahead.

-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers