Re: [PATCH ftrace.git] Immedate Values Optimized Jump Fix

[H. Peter Anvin]

Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> The generated code you are talking about will generate a different code
> pattern, won't it (e.g. saving the registers on the stack before the
> branch) ? And in this case, we fall-back on the standard immediate
> values.

Not necessarily, and you *certainly* can't rely on pattern analysis to 
determine when it's unsafe.

	-hpa
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