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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: "Jürgen Groß" <jgross@suse.com>
Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, x86@kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org,
	luto@kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 07/12] x86: add new features for paravirt patching
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 13:03:07 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201209120307.GB18203@zn.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2510752e-5d3d-f71c-8a4c-a5d2aae0075e@suse.com>

On Wed, Dec 09, 2020 at 08:30:53AM +0100, Jürgen Groß wrote:
> Hey, I already suggested to use ~FEATURE for that purpose (see
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/f105a63d-6b51-3afb-83e0-e899ea40813e@suse.com/

Great minds think alike!

:-P

> I'd rather make the syntax:
> 
> ALTERNATIVE_TERNARY <initial-code> <feature> <code-for-feature-set>
>                                              <code-for-feature-unset>
> 
> as this ...

Sure, that is ok too.

> ... would match perfectly to this interpretation.

Yap.

> Hmm, using flags is an alternative (pun intended :-) ).

LOL!

Btw, pls do check how much the vmlinux size of an allyesconfig grows
with this as we will be adding a byte per patch site. Not that it would
matter too much - the flags are a long way a comin'. :-)

> No, this is needed for non-Xen cases, too (especially pv spinlocks).

I see.

> > Can you give an example here pls why the paravirt patching needs to run
> > first?
> 
> Okay.

I meant an example for me to have a look at. :)

If possible pls.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette

  reply	other threads:[~2020-12-09 12:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 107+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-11-20 11:46 [PATCH v2 00/12] x86: major paravirt cleanup Juergen Gross
2020-11-20 11:46 ` Juergen Gross via Virtualization
2020-11-20 11:46 ` [PATCH v2 01/12] x86/xen: use specific Xen pv interrupt entry for MCE Juergen Gross
2020-12-09 21:03   ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-11-20 11:46 ` [PATCH v2 02/12] x86/xen: use specific Xen pv interrupt entry for DF Juergen Gross
2020-12-09 21:03   ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-11-20 11:46 ` [PATCH v2 03/12] x86/pv: switch SWAPGS to ALTERNATIVE Juergen Gross
2020-11-20 11:46   ` Juergen Gross via Virtualization
2020-11-27 11:31   ` Borislav Petkov
2020-11-27 11:31     ` Borislav Petkov
2020-12-09 21:07   ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-12-09 21:07     ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-11-20 11:46 ` [PATCH v2 04/12] x86/xen: drop USERGS_SYSRET64 paravirt call Juergen Gross
2020-11-20 11:46   ` Juergen Gross via Virtualization
2020-12-02 12:32   ` Borislav Petkov
2020-12-02 12:32     ` Borislav Petkov
2020-12-02 14:48     ` Jürgen Groß
2020-12-02 14:48       ` Jürgen Groß via Virtualization
2020-12-02 17:08       ` Borislav Petkov
2020-12-02 17:08         ` Borislav Petkov
2020-11-20 11:46 ` [PATCH v2 05/12] x86: rework arch_local_irq_restore() to not use popf Juergen Gross
2020-11-20 11:46   ` Juergen Gross via Virtualization
2020-11-20 11:59   ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-11-20 11:59     ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-11-20 12:05     ` Jürgen Groß
2020-11-20 12:05       ` Jürgen Groß via Virtualization
2020-11-22  6:55     ` Jürgen Groß
2020-11-22  6:55       ` Jürgen Groß via Virtualization
2020-11-22 21:44       ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-11-22 21:44         ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-11-22 21:44         ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-11-23  5:21         ` Jürgen Groß
2020-11-23  5:21           ` Jürgen Groß via Virtualization
2020-11-23 15:15           ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-11-23 15:15             ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-12-09 13:27         ` Mark Rutland
2020-12-09 13:27           ` Mark Rutland
2020-12-09 14:02           ` Mark Rutland
2020-12-09 14:02             ` Mark Rutland
2020-12-09 14:05             ` Jürgen Groß
2020-12-09 14:05               ` Jürgen Groß via Virtualization
2020-12-09 18:15     ` Mark Rutland
2020-12-09 18:15       ` Mark Rutland
2020-12-09 18:54       ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-12-09 18:54         ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-12-10 11:10         ` Mark Rutland
2020-12-10 11:10           ` Mark Rutland
2020-12-10 20:15           ` x86/ioapic: Cleanup the timer_works() irqflags mess Thomas Gleixner
2020-12-10 20:15             ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-12-10 22:04             ` [tip: x86/apic] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2020-12-11  5:10             ` Jürgen Groß
2020-12-11  5:10               ` Jürgen Groß via Virtualization
2020-11-27  2:20   ` [x86] 97e8f0134a: fio.write_iops 8.6% improvement kernel test robot
2020-11-20 11:46 ` [PATCH v2 06/12] x86/paravirt: switch time pvops functions to use static_call() Juergen Gross
2020-11-20 11:46   ` Juergen Gross via Virtualization
2020-11-20 12:01   ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-11-20 12:01     ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-11-20 12:07     ` Jürgen Groß
2020-11-20 12:07       ` Jürgen Groß via Virtualization
2020-11-20 11:46 ` [PATCH v2 07/12] x86: add new features for paravirt patching Juergen Gross
2020-12-08 18:43   ` Borislav Petkov
2020-12-09  7:30     ` Jürgen Groß
2020-12-09 12:03       ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2020-12-09 12:22         ` Jürgen Groß
2020-12-10 17:58           ` Borislav Petkov
2020-11-20 11:46 ` [PATCH v2 08/12] x86/paravirt: remove no longer needed 32-bit pvops cruft Juergen Gross
2020-11-20 11:46   ` Juergen Gross via Virtualization
2020-11-20 12:08   ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-11-20 12:08     ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-11-20 12:16     ` Jürgen Groß
2020-11-20 12:16       ` Jürgen Groß via Virtualization
2020-11-20 16:52   ` Arvind Sankar
2020-11-20 11:46 ` [PATCH v2 09/12] x86/paravirt: switch iret pvops to ALTERNATIVE Juergen Gross
2020-11-20 11:46   ` Juergen Gross via Virtualization
2020-11-20 11:46 ` [PATCH v2 10/12] x86/paravirt: add new macros PVOP_ALT* supporting pvops in ALTERNATIVEs Juergen Gross
2020-11-20 11:46   ` Juergen Gross via Virtualization
2020-11-20 11:46 ` [PATCH v2 11/12] x86/paravirt: switch functions with custom code to ALTERNATIVE Juergen Gross
2020-11-20 11:46   ` Juergen Gross via Virtualization
2020-11-20 15:46   ` kernel test robot
2020-11-20 15:46     ` kernel test robot
2020-11-20 15:46     ` kernel test robot
2020-11-25 15:46   ` [x86/paravirt] fd8d46a7a2: kernel-selftests.livepatch.test-callbacks.sh.fail kernel test robot
2020-11-20 11:46 ` [PATCH v2 12/12] x86/paravirt: have only one paravirt patch function Juergen Gross
2020-11-20 11:46   ` Juergen Gross via Virtualization
2020-11-20 14:18   ` kernel test robot
2020-11-20 14:18     ` kernel test robot
2020-11-20 14:18     ` kernel test robot
2020-11-20 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 00/12] x86: major paravirt cleanup Peter Zijlstra
2020-11-20 12:53   ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-11-23 13:43   ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-11-23 13:43     ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-12-15 11:42     ` Jürgen Groß
2020-12-15 11:42       ` Jürgen Groß via Virtualization
2020-12-15 14:18       ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-12-15 14:18         ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-12-15 14:54         ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-12-15 14:54           ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-12-15 15:07           ` Jürgen Groß
2020-12-15 15:07             ` Jürgen Groß via Virtualization
2020-12-16  0:38           ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-12-16  0:38             ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-12-16  8:40             ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-12-16  8:40               ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-12-16 16:56               ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-12-16 16:56                 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-12-16 17:58                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-12-16 17:58                   ` Peter Zijlstra

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