>>> On 08.11.18 at 16:36, <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 08/11/18 15:33, Wei Liu wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 05, 2018 at 09:11:44AM -0700, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>>>> On 05.11.18 at 16:49, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> On 05/11/18 15:48, Wei Liu wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, Nov 05, 2018 at 08:04:37AM -0700, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 02.11.18 at 16:55, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> --- a/xen/arch/x86/x86_64/traps.c
>>>>>>> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/x86_64/traps.c
>>>>>>> @@ -298,8 +298,21 @@ static unsigned int write_stub_trampoline(
>>>>>>>  }
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>  DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct stubs, stubs);
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_PV
>>>>>>>  void lstar_enter(void);
>>>>>>>  void cstar_enter(void);
>>>>>>> +#else
>>>>>>> +static inline void lstar_enter(void)
>>>>>>> +{
>>>>>>> +    panic("%s called", __func__);
>>>>>>> +}
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +static inline void cstar_enter(void)
>>>>>>> +{
>>>>>>> +    panic("%s called", __func__);
>>>>>>> +}
>>>>>>> +#endif /* CONFIG_PV */
>>>>>> Do we really need two separate stubs (and two separate string literals)
>>>>>> here?
>>>>> I think it is clearer if we have two distinct messages. But I'm not too
>>>>> fussed either way really. If you feel strongly about this, I'm happy to
>>>>> change it to only one function.
>>>> This is the correct way to do it.  __func__ will already be in the
>>>> string table, and the format string (being identical) will be merged.
>>> Why would __func__ be in the string table already, for functions
>>> containing no other references to it?
>> What is the way forward? Do we really care if there is one more string
>> literal in the binary?
> 
> No.  One extra string like this is not something which needs caring
> about in the slightest.

So just to clarify - the unnecessary redundancy in the source is of more
relevance to me than the resulting slightly larger binary.

Jan



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