Re: [PATCH 3/5] x86/cpufeature: Get rid of the non-asm goto variant

From	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 3/5] x86/cpufeature: Get rid of the non-asm goto variant
Date	2016-01-21 20:00 +0100
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On 01/21/16 10:34, Borislav Petkov 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.
> 

Laughed-at-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>

	;)

	-hpa

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[PATCH 3/5] x86/cpufeature: Get rid of the non-asm goto variant Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-01-21 19:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 3/5] x86/cpufeature: Get rid of the non-asm goto variant "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2016-01-21 20:00 +0100

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