On Fri, Oct 05, 2018 at 09:51:11PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> +#define arch_dynfunc_trampoline(name, def)   \
> +     asm volatile (                          \
> +     ".globl dynfunc_" #name "; \n\t"        \
> +     "dynfunc_" #name ": \n\t"               \
> +     "jmp " #def " \n\t"                     \
> +     ".balign 8 \n \t"                       \
> +     : : : "memory" )

Bah, what is it with you people and trampolines. Why can't we, just like
jump_label, patch the call directly?

The whole call+jmp thing is silly, don't do that. It just wrecks I$ and
is slower for no real reason afaict.

Steve, also see:

  https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181005081333.15018-1-ard.biesheu...@linaro.org

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