Re: [PATCH] x86/time: switch platform timer hooks to altcall

On 12.01.2022 10:17, Andrew Cooper wrote: > On 12/01/2022 08:58, Jan Beulich wrote: >> Except in the "clocksource=tsc" case we can replace the indirect calls >> involved in accessing the platform timers by direct ones, as they get >> established once and never changed. >> >> Signed-off-by: Jan Beul

Re: [PATCH] x86/time: switch platform timer hooks to altcall

On 12/01/2022 08:58, Jan Beulich wrote: > Except in the "clocksource=tsc" case we can replace the indirect calls > involved in accessing the platform timers by direct ones, as they get > established once and never changed. > > Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich > --- > Sort of RFC, for both the whether an

[PATCH] x86/time: switch platform timer hooks to altcall

Except in the "clocksource=tsc" case we can replace the indirect calls involved in accessing the platform timers by direct ones, as they get established once and never changed. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich --- Sort of RFC, for both the whether and the how aspects. TBD: Overriding X86_FEATURE_ALWAY