linux-kernel - Re: [EXTERNAL] [PATCH] x86: Fix build regression with CONFIG_KEXEC

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Message-ID: <20241209162247.GFZ1cZVycGCYJwnMxw@fat_crate.local>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2024 17:22:47 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@...nel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] [PATCH] x86: Fix build regression with
 CONFIG_KEXEC_JUMP enabled

On Mon, Dec 09, 2024 at 03:59:55PM +0000, David Woodhouse wrote:
> (In fact, *lots* of the return path from kexec is just unreachable dead
> code in the case that CONFIG_KEXEC_JUMP isn't set, but it seems we're
> in the habit of #ifdeffing out only the parts that actually wouldn't
> compile.)

Yeah, we're allergic to ugly ifdeffery.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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