linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86: Remove ideal

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Date:   Fri, 12 Mar 2021 18:46:54 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>
Cc:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        hpa@...or.com, torvalds@...uxfoundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-toolchains@...r.kernel.org,
        jpoimboe@...hat.com, alexei.starovoitov@...il.com,
        mhiramat@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86: Remove ideal_nops[]

On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 06:35:45PM +0100, Sedat Dilek wrote:
> Hey Steve, you degraded me to a number :-).

How did he degrade you to a number?! Actually, he went the length to
patiently explain what you could do.

> I dunno which Git tree this patchset applies to, but I check if I can

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git

master branch.

> apply the patchset to my current local Git.
> Then build a kernel in the same build-environment.

Yes, what Steve said. You can run some benchmarks and compare
before/after numbers.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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