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From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Date:   Tue, 27 Oct 2020 13:40:43 -0700
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 13/29] arm64/build: Assert for unwanted sections
To:     Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu>
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On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 1:30 PM Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 01:17:55PM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> > > >  (I feel the same about there
> > > > being an empty asm(); statement in the definition of asm_volatile_goto
> > > > for compiler-gcc.h).  Might be time to "fix the compiler."
> > > >
> > > > (It sounds like Arvind is both in agreement with my sentiment, and has
> > > > the root cause).
> > > >
> Btw, the bug mentioned in asm_volatile_goto seems like its been fixed in
> 4.9, so the hack could be dropped now?

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20180907222109.163802-1-ndesaulniers@google.com/

For the life of me I can't find Linus' response.  Maybe he shot it
down in the PR, but I can't find it...Miguel do you recall?  I could
paraphrase, but might be better to not rely on my memory.
-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers