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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 2/2] livepatch: add atomic replace
On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 11:10:09AM +0200, Miroslav Benes wrote:
> 3. Drop immediate. It causes problems only and its advantages on x86_64
> are theoretical. You would still need to solve the interaction with atomic
> replace on other architecture with immediate preserved, but that may be
> easier. Or we can be aggressive and drop immediate completely. The force
> transition I proposed earlier could achieve the same.

I like this idea. When can we expect v3 of the force patches? :-)

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Josh

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