From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Andrew Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
"the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@kernel.org>,
Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
mhiramat@kernel.org, jbaron@akamai.com,
Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>,
David.Laight@aculab.com, bp@alien8.de, julia@ni.com,
jeyu@kernel.org, Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] x86/static_call: Add inline static call implementation for x86-64
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 11:45:53 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHk-=whx=Dme9q0k0pK7S_3YwuvdMw1yKxESSUhS+eEce8HTOQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181130183917.hxmti5josgq4clti@treble>
On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 10:39 AM Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> AFAICT, all the other proposed options seem to have major issues.
I still absolutely detest this patch, and in fact it got worse from
the test of the config variable.
Honestly, the entry code being legible and simple is more important
than the extra cycle from branching to a trampoline for static calls.
Just don't do the inline case if it causes this much confusion.
Linus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-11-30 19:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 120+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-11-26 13:54 [PATCH v2 0/4] Static calls Josh Poimboeuf
2018-11-26 13:54 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] compiler.h: Make __ADDRESSABLE() symbol truly unique Josh Poimboeuf
2018-11-27 8:49 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-11-26 13:54 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] static_call: Add static call infrastructure Josh Poimboeuf
2018-11-26 13:54 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] x86/static_call: Add out-of-line static call implementation Josh Poimboeuf
2018-11-26 15:43 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-11-26 16:19 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-11-26 13:55 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] x86/static_call: Add inline static call implementation for x86-64 Josh Poimboeuf
2018-11-26 16:02 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-11-26 17:10 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-11-26 17:56 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-11-26 20:00 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-11-26 20:08 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-11-26 21:26 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-11-27 8:43 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-11-27 8:50 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-11-29 6:05 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-11-29 9:42 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-11-29 13:11 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-11-29 13:37 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-11-29 14:38 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-11-29 14:42 ` Jiri Kosina
2018-11-29 16:33 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-11-29 16:49 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-11-29 16:59 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-11-29 17:10 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-11-29 22:01 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-11-29 22:14 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-11-29 22:22 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-11-29 22:25 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-11-29 22:30 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-11-29 17:15 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-11-29 17:20 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-11-29 17:21 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-11-29 17:41 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-11-29 17:45 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-11-29 17:52 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-11-29 17:49 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-11-29 18:37 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-11-29 16:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-11-29 16:55 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-11-29 17:02 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-11-29 17:07 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-11-29 17:31 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-11-29 17:35 ` Jiri Kosina
2018-11-29 17:13 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-11-29 17:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-11-29 17:44 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-11-29 17:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-11-29 17:54 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-11-29 17:58 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-11-29 18:23 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-11-29 18:47 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-11-29 18:58 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-11-29 19:08 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-11-29 19:11 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-12-10 23:58 ` Pavel Machek
2018-12-11 1:43 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-11-29 19:12 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-11-29 19:27 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-11-29 20:24 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-11-29 22:17 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-11-29 23:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-11-30 16:27 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-12-11 9:41 ` David Laight
2018-12-11 17:19 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-12-12 18:29 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-11-30 16:42 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-11-30 18:39 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-11-30 19:45 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2018-11-30 20:18 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-11-30 20:28 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-11-30 20:59 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-11-30 21:01 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-11-30 21:13 ` Jiri Kosina
2018-11-30 21:10 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-11-29 19:16 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-11-29 19:22 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-11-29 19:27 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-11-30 22:16 ` Rasmus Villemoes
2018-11-30 22:24 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-11-29 19:24 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-11-29 19:28 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-11-29 19:31 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-11-29 20:12 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-11-29 18:00 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-11-29 18:42 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-11-29 18:55 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-11-29 17:29 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-11-29 17:35 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-11-26 18:28 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-11-26 20:14 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-11-27 8:46 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-11-26 16:08 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-11-26 16:11 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-11-26 16:33 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-11-26 16:39 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-11-26 16:44 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-11-26 14:01 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] Static calls Josh Poimboeuf
2018-11-26 20:54 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-11-26 22:24 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-11-26 22:53 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-12-04 23:08 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-12-04 23:41 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-12-05 15:04 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-12-05 23:36 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-12-07 16:06 ` Edward Cree
2018-12-07 16:49 ` Edward Cree
2018-12-11 18:05 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-12-12 5:59 ` Nadav Amit
2018-12-12 17:11 ` Edward Cree
2018-12-12 17:47 ` [RFC/WIP PATCH 0/2] dynamic calls Edward Cree
2018-12-12 17:50 ` [RFC PATCH 1/2] static_call: fix out-of-line static call implementation Edward Cree
2018-12-12 17:52 ` [RFC PATCH 2/2] net: core: rather hacky PoC implementation of dynamic calls Edward Cree
2018-12-12 18:14 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] Static calls Nadav Amit
2018-12-12 18:33 ` Edward Cree
2018-12-12 21:15 ` Nadav Amit
2018-12-12 21:36 ` Edward Cree
2018-12-12 21:45 ` Nadav Amit
2018-12-10 23:57 ` Pavel Machek
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