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Message-ID: <BN6PR1101MB2161BB1E7BD9476DDB525530A8239@BN6PR1101MB2161.namprd11.prod.outlook.com>
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>
CC:     "tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "bp@...en8.de" <bp@...en8.de>,
        "dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com" <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "peterz@...radead.org" <peterz@...radead.org>
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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