On Mon, 16 May 2016 21:19:18 +0200 Borislav Petkov <[email protected]> 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
