On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 02:14:53 +0200 (MEST)
Mikael Pettersson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Mathieu Desnoyers <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > * Andrew Morton ([email protected]) wrote:
> > >
> > > > > Use the faster conditional calls for F00F bug handling in do_page_fault.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > I guess this means that CONDCALL will be enabled on pretty much all i386,
> > > > in which case making the whole feature Kconfigurable is starting to look
> > > > marginal.
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps a better approach would have to made this change dependent upon
> > > > CONDCALL, rather than forcing it on.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Do you mean making X86_F00F_BUG depend on COND_CALL instead of selecting
> > > it ?
> >
> > yup
>
> X86_F00F_BUG needs to be enabled in all kernels capable of booting on
> P5 class machines, whether or not some obscure CONFIG_COND_CALL thingy
> is enabled or not. X86_F00F_BUG is not some optional optimisation, it's
> an essential workaround for a serious hardware bug.
>
> Therefore it seems select rather than depend is called for.
Nope.
CONFIG_COND_CALL=n -> do f00f handling the present way
CONFIG_COND_CALL=y -> do f00f handling the new, fast-n-fancy way
Because I don't think everyone will want to drag all this cond_call stuff
into their kernel just for slightly faster f00f handling.
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