Re: [PATCH] x86: static_cpu_has_safe: discard dynamic check after init

[Borislav Petkov]

On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 02:55:24AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> How about:
> 
> section for code used exclusively before alternatives are run.  All references to such code must be patched out by alternatives, normally by using a patch with X86_FEATURE_ALWAYS.
> 
> See static_cpu_has() for an example.

Sure.

My thinking was to make it a bit more generic so that if we decide to do
some different monkey business with the alternatives, to put stuff in
there too.

But we can always change that later - it's not like it is user-visible.

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