Re: [PATCH] x86/alternatives: Fix optimize_nops() checking

[Linus Torvalds]

On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 1:11 PM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Wouldn't it be much better to simply do it as part of relocation instead?

.. except we only do real relocation for modules, and depend on the
linker doing everything for us (handle_relocations() at load-time) I
think.

So it's somewhat more involved surgery. Which explains the hack.

Nasty.

             Linus