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Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 03:51:20 +0000
From: "Li, Xin3" <xin3.li@...el.com>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>
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"mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
"bp@...en8.de" <bp@...en8.de>,
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Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 0/6] Enable LKGS instruction
> > * place fixup code into code section "__ex_table" instead of the obsoleted
> > "fixup" section.
> >
>
> Correction: __ex_table is NOT a code section (scared me there for a second...).
Right, my bad.
> With the new fixup handling code EX_TYPE_ZERO_REG takes care of all the
> work, and there simply is no need for any fixup code at all (the exception fixup
> is fully data-driven.)
>
> So I would say "use EX_TYPE_ZERO_REG instead of fixup code in the obsolete
> .fixup code section."
>
> -hpa
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