Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 16 May 2016 15:23:56 -0400 | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ftrace/x86: Fix function graph tracer reset path |
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On Mon, 16 May 2016 21:19:18 +0200 Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> wrote:
> Btw, arch_static_branch_jump() spells that 5-byte JMP too and not until > too long ago we had it in static_cpu_has()...
Those are "special" too.
If we can get the compiler to do the Right Thing (TM) then we should let it.
> > I guess after spending some time with the kernel, one can't really > differentiate hacks from proper design anymore. :-P >
That's because a quality of a kernel is determined by the maintainability of all its hacks, not lack of them.
-- Steve
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