Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] x86/cpufeature: Remove unused and seldomly used cpu_has_xx macros

[Borislav Petkov]

On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 12:13:55PM -0800, Josh Triplett wrote:
> Given an appropriate long description for that config option, that seems
> worthwhile.  Something like this:
> 
> Some fast-paths in the kernel depend on the capabilities of the CPU.
> Say Y here for the kernel to patch in the appropriate code at runtime
> based on the capabilities of the CPU.  The infrastructure for patching
> code at runtime takes up some additional space; space-constrained
> embedded systems may wish to say N here to produce smaller, slightly
> slower code.

Thanks for the text, looks good and I'll use it. :)

And yes, considering the size of the patch, it is really worthwhile to
save ~1.6K kernel text that easily.

I'll do a proper patch and run it through the build tests.

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

ECO tip #101: Trim your mails when you reply.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/