linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86: Separate out x86

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Message-ID: <80b0882f77d267293ea8b8d040bffe6032e1285e.camel@intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 16 Mar 2022 19:42:57 +0000
From:   "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
To:     "keescook@...omium.org" <keescook@...omium.org>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "viro@...iv.linux.org.uk" <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        "Williams, Dan J" <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        "Wysocki, Rafael J" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        "ebiederm@...ssion.com" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        "Chatre, Reinette" <reinette.chatre@...el.com>,
        "linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        "Hansen, Dave" <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        "Brown, Len" <len.brown@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86: Separate out x86_regset for 32 and 64 bit

On Wed, 2022-03-16 at 12:06 -0700, Edgecombe, Richard P wrote:
> But even adding a comment to the base file has surprisingly wide
> effects. It caused the __bug_table section table to get code
> generated
> with different instructions, not just line numbers constants
> changing.

Err... I suppose this is probably because they are not actually
instructions and so should be expected, duh.