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From: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/10] x86/cpufeature: Get rid of the non-asm goto variant
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 22:36:21 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMzpN2hZegJsEyNM=ziBme=tUSM2B+fdwWtvbgutVZ9o17ruFA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1453842730-28463-7-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de>

On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 4:12 PM, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> wrote:
> From: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
>
> I can simply quote hpa from the mail:
>
> "Get rid of the non-asm goto variant and just fall back to dynamic if
> asm goto is unavailable. It doesn't make any sense, really, if it is
> supposed to be safe, and by now the asm goto-capable gcc is in more wide
> use. (Originally the gcc 3.x fallback to pure dynamic didn't exist,
> either.)"
>
> Booy, am I lazy.
>
> Cleanup the whole CC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO ifdeffery too, while at it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
> Suggested-by: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h | 49 ++++-----------------------------------
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
> index a261cf2e7907..d48bf024f335 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
> @@ -129,17 +129,16 @@ extern const char * const x86_bug_flags[NBUGINTS*32];
>   * fast paths and boot_cpu_has() otherwise!
>   */
>
> -#if __GNUC__ >= 4 && defined(CONFIG_X86_FAST_FEATURE_TESTS)
> +#if CC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO && defined(CONFIG_X86_FAST_FEATURE_TESTS)

This should be:
#if defined(CC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO) && ...

--
Brian Gerst

  reply	other threads:[~2016-01-27  3:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-01-26 21:12 [PATCH 00/10] tip-queue 2016-01-26, rest Borislav Petkov
2016-01-26 21:12 ` [PATCH 01/10] x86/asm: Add condition codes clobber to memory barrier macros Borislav Petkov
2016-01-26 21:12 ` [PATCH 02/10] x86/asm: Drop a comment left over from X86_OOSTORE Borislav Petkov
2016-01-26 21:12 ` [PATCH 03/10] x86/asm: Tweak the comment about wmb() use for IO Borislav Petkov
2016-01-26 21:12 ` [PATCH 04/10] x86/cpufeature: Carve out X86_FEATURE_* Borislav Petkov
2016-01-30 13:18   ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
2016-01-26 21:12 ` [PATCH 05/10] x86/cpufeature: Replace the old static_cpu_has() with safe variant Borislav Petkov
2016-01-30 13:19   ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
2016-01-26 21:12 ` [PATCH 06/10] x86/cpufeature: Get rid of the non-asm goto variant Borislav Petkov
2016-01-27  3:36   ` Brian Gerst [this message]
2016-01-27  8:41     ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-27  8:43       ` [PATCH -v1.1 " Borislav Petkov
2016-01-30 13:19         ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
2016-01-27  8:45       ` [PATCH -v1.1 8/10] x86/alternatives: Discard dynamic check after init Borislav Petkov
2016-01-30 13:20         ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for Brian Gerst
2016-01-26 21:12 ` [PATCH 07/10] x86/alternatives: Add an auxilary section Borislav Petkov
2016-01-30 13:19   ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
2016-01-26 21:12 ` [PATCH 08/10] x86/alternatives: Discard dynamic check after init Borislav Petkov
2016-01-26 21:12 ` [PATCH 09/10] x86/vdso: Use static_cpu_has() Borislav Petkov
2016-01-30 13:20   ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
2016-01-26 21:12 ` [PATCH 10/10] x86/head_64: Simplify kernel load address alignment check Borislav Petkov
2016-01-30 13:20   ` [tip:x86/boot] x86/boot: " tip-bot for Alexander Kuleshov
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2016-01-23  6:50 [PATCH] x86/head_64.S: do not use temporary register to check alignment Alexander Kuleshov
2016-01-26  9:31 ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-16 19:22 [PATCH] x86: static_cpu_has_safe: discard dynamic check after init Brian Gerst
2016-01-16 19:36 ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-16 19:58   ` Brian Gerst
2016-01-17 10:33     ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-18 16:52       ` Brian Gerst
2016-01-18 17:49         ` Andy Lutomirski
2016-01-18 18:14         ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-18 18:29           ` Andy Lutomirski
2016-01-18 18:39             ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-18 19:45               ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-01-18 23:05                 ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-18 23:13                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-01-18 23:25                     ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-19 13:57                       ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-19 16:23                         ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-19 23:10                         ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-19 23:26                           ` Andy Lutomirski
2016-01-19 23:49                             ` Boris Petkov
2016-01-20  4:03                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-01-20 10:33                           ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-20 10:41                             ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-01-21 22:14                               ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-21 22:22                                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-01-21 22:56                                   ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-21 23:36                                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-01-21 23:37                                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-01-22 10:32                                       ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-18 18:51           ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-19  1:10             ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-19  1:33               ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-01-19  9:22                 ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-20  4:02                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-01-20  4:39                     ` Brian Gerst
2016-01-20  4:42                       ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-01-20 10:50                         ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-20 10:55                           ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-01-20 11:05                             ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-20 14:48                               ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-01-20 15:01                     ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-20 15:09                       ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-01-20 16:04                         ` Borislav Petkov
2016-01-20 16:16                           ` H. Peter Anvin

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