linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 10/11] x86/alternatives: Simplify ALTERNATIVE

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Message-ID: <20230913042410.GBZQE5aiEdTeNi4lip@fat_crate.local>
Date:   Wed, 13 Sep 2023 06:24:10 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David.Kaplan@....com,
        Andrew.Cooper3@...rix.com, jpoimboe@...nel.org,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, nik.borisov@...e.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 10/11] x86/alternatives: Simplify ALTERNATIVE_n()

On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 11:27:09AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Aah, because we run optimize_nops() for all alternatives, irrespective
> of it being selected.

Yeah, and I remember us talking about it the last time you did it and
how it would be a good idea to do that but be careful about it...

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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