Re: [PATCH 3/4] x86/asm: Add asm macros for static keys/jump labels

From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Sun Nov 08 2015 - 11:16:46 EST


On Sat, Nov 7, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Nov 2015, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>> On Sat, Nov 7, 2015 at 8:58 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> True. But I hid it in a header file, too, but it was just a different
>> header file -- I had it all hidden away as CALL_ENTER_FROM_USER_MODE.
>
> It probably does not really make a difference :)
>
> I just got triggered by you saying:
>
>> Unfortunately, these only work if HAVE_JUMP_LABEL ....
>

Looking again, my patch is crappy is one obvious respect: on
non-HAVE_JUMP_LABEL kernels, I'm still generating a macro that will
compile but do the wrong thing. I'll add better comments and the
correct ifdef in v2. That will make it much harder to screw up
without causing a compiler error.

--Andy
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