linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 00/14] x86 boot code cleanups, batch 1

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <CAFULd4ZFwSmd4xanwm9f25AwaiSirpNEEeQgQNeyLO+Jokkf4Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:18:10 +0100
From: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, 
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>, 
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>, 
	"Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>, Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, 
	Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@...nel.org>, Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-coco@...ts.linux.dev, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 00/14] x86 boot code cleanups, batch 1

On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 8:54 PM H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:

> This patchset also includes the removal of the gcc-specific version of
> the RELOC_HIDE() macro, by Uros Bizjak, as the other changes in this
> patchset makes that possible. Per Uros, this is holding back gcc
> development, so it seems pretty important.

Not that this issue is holding back GCC *development*, the historic
kludge unnecessarily suppresses optimizations that could be applied by
the compiler to produce better code.

Thanks,
Uros.