linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 00/14] x86/alternatives: Nest them

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Message-ID: <20240611132609.GH8774@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 15:26:09 +0200
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@...nel.org>
Cc: X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 00/14] x86/alternatives: Nest them

On Fri, Jun 07, 2024 at 01:16:47PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:

> Borislav Petkov (AMD) (13):
>   x86/alternative: Zap alternative_ternary()
>   x86/alternative: Convert alternative()
>   x86/alternative: Convert alternative_2()
>   x86/alternative: Convert alternative_input()
>   x86/alternative: Convert alternative_io()
>   x86/alternative: Convert alternative_call()
>   x86/alternative: Convert alternative_call_2()
>   x86/alternative: Convert ALTERNATIVE_TERNARY()
>   x86/alternative: Convert ALTERNATIVE_3()
>   x86/alternative: Convert the asm ALTERNATIVE() macro
>   x86/alternative: Convert the asm ALTERNATIVE_2() macro
>   x86/alternative: Convert the asm ALTERNATIVE_3() macro
>   x86/alternative: Replace the old macros
> 
> Peter Zijlstra (1):
>   x86/alternatives: Add nested alternatives macros
> 
>  arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h | 225 +++++++++--------------------
>  arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c      |  20 ++-
>  arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.h       |  14 +-
>  tools/objtool/arch/x86/special.c   |  23 +++
>  tools/objtool/special.c            |  16 +-
>  5 files changed, 125 insertions(+), 173 deletions(-)

The whole back and forth with the n_foo things ia weird, but sure, have
at.

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>