Re: [PATCH v4 00/18] Add static_call()

Josh Poimboeuf
2020-05-06T17:32:47Z

On Fri, May 01, 2020 at 10:28:49PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> static_call(), is the idea of static_branch() applied to indirect function
> calls. Remove a data load (indirection) by modifying the text.
>
> The inline implementation still relies on objtool to generate the
> .static_call_sites section, mostly because this is a natural place for x86_64
> and works for both GCC and LLVM. Other architectures can pick other means
> if/when they implement the inline patching. The out-of-line (aka. trampoline)
> variant doesn't require this.
>
> Patches go on top of tip/objtool/core.
>
> Patches can also be found here:
>
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/peterz/queue.git x86/static_call

So this branch has

45a5c99a226a ("x86/tlb: Move trace_tlb_flush() declaration")

but I didn't see it posted here. I guess you dropped it because it's no
longer needed b/c we fixed those 'undefined references' a different way.

--
Josh