Re: [PATCH v4 6/8] x86/ftrace: Use __pa_symbol instead of __pa onC visible symbols

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 11/16/2012 02:45 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> #define __pa(x)		__phys_addr((unsigned long)(x))
> #define __pa_symbol(x)	__pa(__phys_reloc_hide((unsigned long)(x)))
>
> I'm confused. __pa_symbol() just calls __pa() with some macro magic to
> its parameter. How is this a performance improvement?

One of the earlier patches in this series changes __pa_symbol() to avoid 
the conditional hidden inside __phys_addr(), since by definition a 
symbol can only be on one side of that branch.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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