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Date:   Wed, 13 Oct 2021 23:43:43 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/9] x86/alternative: Implement .retpoline_sites support
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On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 02:11:18PM -0700, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 02:22:21PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * CALL/JMP *%\reg
> > + */
> > +static int emit_indirect(int op, int reg, u8 *bytes)
> 
> X86_64 is already equivalent to STACK_VALIDATION these days, but might
> as well clarify here where the retpoline_sites dependency comes from by
> changing this to '#ifdef CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION'.

Yeah, I was contemplating having x86_64 unconditionally select that.
Maybe we should.

Also, I think I've proposed it before, but what about:

 s/STACK_VALIDATION/OBJTOOL/

on all that?