Re: [PATCH] x86/retpoline: Switch thunk names to match final GCC patches

2018-01-14 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 3:23 PM, David Woodhouse wrote: > I think we *shouldn't* do this. Uros said we could look at it and make > a decision, and GCC would implement what we decide. Up to Linus. Regardless of whether we end up having to do this, I'm not doing rc8 with it, and let's hope we can j

[PATCH] x86/retpoline: Switch thunk names to match final GCC patches

2018-01-14 Thread David Woodhouse
At the last minute, they were switched from __x86_indirect_thunk_rax to __x86_indirect_thunk_ax without the 'r' or 'e' on the register name. Except for the _r[89..] versions, obviously. This is not entirely an improvement, IMO. Reluctantly-signed-off-by: David Woodhouse --- I think we *shouldn't