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Date:   Mon, 14 Jun 2021 09:22:58 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v9] pgo: add clang's Profile Guided Optimization
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On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 05:35:45PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 08:26:01AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> > So, AFAICT, the original blocking issue ("PGO does not respect noinstr")
> > is not actually an issue (noinstr contains notrace, which IS respected
> > by PGO[2]), I think this is fine to move forward.
> 
> It is *NOT*: https://godbolt.org/z/9c7xdvGd9
> 
> Look at how both compilers generate instrumentation in the no_instr()
> function.

Well that's disappointing. I'll put this on hold until Clang can grow an
appropriate attribute (or similar work-around). Thanks for catching
that.

-- 
Kees Cook