On Thu, 25 Apr 2019, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > +# else
> > + .irq_restore_fl = { 0x50, 0x9d }, // push %eax; popf
> > + .mmu_write_cr3 = { 0x0f, 0x22, 0xd8 }, // mov %eax, %cr3
> > + .cpu_iret = { 0xcf }, // iret
> > +# endif
>
> I think these open-coded hexa versions are somewhat fragile as well, how
> about putting these into a .S file and controlling the sections in an LTO
> safe manner there?
>
> That will also allow us to write proper asm, and global labels can be
> used to extract the patchlets and their length?
We are not changing these any other day and I really don't see a reason to
have these things global just because.
Thanks,
tglx
