Re: [PATCH] x86/alternatives: Fix optimize_nops() checking

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Wed Jan 10 2018 - 16:11:16 EST


On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 01:05:08PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Any jumps *within* the alternatives should have been handled by the
> assembler already.
>
> And jumps between the alternatives and other places? Why do they exist?

Yap, I say so too, the alternatives handle everything just fine but then
Woodhouse appeared... :-)

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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