Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 2 Dec 2016 20:28:44 +0100 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core() implementation |
| |
On Fri, Dec 02, 2016 at 11:24:09AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > The optimize-nops thing needs it too, I think.
Ah, it is called only from apply_alternatives() but sure, it is safer this way. Lemme do that and run it through the boxes to see whether anything catches fire.
> Again, this will never matter in practice (even if somebody has a i486 > s till, the prefetch window size is like 16 bytes or something), but > from a documentation standpoint it's good.
Right.
Thanks.
-- Regards/Gruss, Boris.
Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.
| |