On 28 June 2018 at 10:31, Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 06:06:04PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: >> Similar to the arm64 case, 64-bit x86 can benefit from using 32-bit >> relative references rather than 64-bit absolute ones when emitting >> struct jump_entry instances. Not only does this reduce the memory >> footprint of the entries themselves by 50%, it also removes the need >> for carrying relocation metadata on relocatable builds (i.e., for KASLR) >> which saves a fair chunk of .init space as well (although the savings >> are not as dramatic as on arm64) > > This will conflict with: > > https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Thanks for the head's up. Fortunately, it does not conflict fundamentally, so it should be a straight-forward rebase after that code is merged. Do you think this is likely to get merged for v4.19?
