On Fri, 10 May 2019 23:47:50 +0200 (CEST)
Jiri Kosina <ji...@kernel.org> wrote:

> From: Jiri Kosina <jkos...@suse.cz>
> 
> The only purpose of klp_check_compiler_support() is to make sure that we 
> are not using ftrace on x86 via mcount (because that's executed only after 
> prologue has already happened, and that's too late for livepatching 
> purposes).
> 
> Now that mcount is not supported by ftrace any more, there is no need for 
> klp_check_compiler_support() either.
> 
> Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torva...@linux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkos...@suse.cz>
> ---
> 
> I guess it makes most sense to merge this together with mcount removal in 
> one go.

Thanks, I applied it to my queue and will start running it through my
tests.

-- Steve

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