[kbuild ack?] Re: [PATCH v6 0/9] x86: macrofying inline asm for better compilation

[Ingo Molnar]

* Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > I ran some limited number of benchmarks, and in general the performance
> > impact is not very notable. You can still see >10 cycles shaved off some
> > syscalls that manipulate page-tables (e.g., mprotect()), in which
> > paravirt caused many functions not to be inlined. In addition this
> > patch-set can prevent issues such as [1], and improves code readability
> > and maintainability.

Ok, that's good enough as a benefit, I suppose.

> > Nadav Amit (9):
> >  Makefile: Prepare for using macros for inline asm

This non-trivial kbuild patch needs an Acked-by from Masahiro.

Thanks,

	Ingo