linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 1/5] objtool: Remove ANNOTATE_IGNORE

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wizyNY=-D_7YVZuGdya2gRg_JgWSuNjnYbKaMYK_rOaig@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 11:07:16 -0700
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
Cc: x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 1/5] objtool: Remove ANNOTATE_IGNORE_ALTERNATIVE from CLAC/STAC

On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 at 01:21, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org> wrote:
>
>  #define ASM_CLAC \
> -       ALTERNATIVE __stringify(ANNOTATE_IGNORE_ALTERNATIVE), "clac", X86_FEATURE_SMAP
> +       ALTERNATIVE "", "clac", X86_FEATURE_SMAP
>
>  #define ASM_STAC \
> -       ALTERNATIVE __stringify(ANNOTATE_IGNORE_ALTERNATIVE), "stac", X86_FEATURE_SMAP
> +       ALTERNATIVE "", "stac", X86_FEATURE_SMAP

Thanks. I didn't actually test the patch, but it obviously fixes my
concerns, so I'm acking it without any testing what-so-ever.

              Linus