Re: [PATCH v12 02/11] x86: initialize static branching early

2018-06-23 Thread Pavel Tatashin
Hi Borislav, > > Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov Thank you. > > Also, please take the patch below into your queue and keep it a separate > patch in case we have to revert it later. It should help in keeping the > mess manageable and not let it go completely out of control before we've > done the c

Re: [PATCH v12 02/11] x86: initialize static branching early

2018-06-23 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 05:25:09PM -0400, Pavel Tatashin wrote: > static branching is useful to hot-patch branches that are used in hot > path, but are infrequently changed. > > x86 clock framework is one example that uses static branches to setup > the best clock during boot and never change it a