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Date:   Fri, 07 Oct 2022 10:43:34 -0700
From:   "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To:     Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>, Xin Li <xin3.li@intel.com>
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On October 7, 2022 8:40:41 AM PDT, Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail=2Ecom> wrote:
>On Thu, Oct 6, 2022 at 12:13 PM Xin Li <xin3=2Eli@intel=2Ecom> wrote:
>>
>> From: "H=2E Peter Anvin (Intel)" <hpa@zytor=2Ecom>
>>
>> <asm/cpufeature=2Eh> depends on <asm/special_insns=2Eh>, so in order to=
 be
>> able to use alternatives in native_load_gs_index(), factor it out into
>> a separate header file=2E
>>
>> Signed-off-by: H=2E Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@zytor=2Ecom>
>> Signed-off-by: Xin Li <xin3=2Eli@intel=2Ecom>
>
>This could be moved into <asm/segment=2Eh> instead of creating a new head=
er file=2E
>
>--
>Brian Gerst

At least at the time I wrote the code, it could not, without creating yet =
another circular header file dependency=2E