Re: [PATCH] x86/boot: define CC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Wed Sep 26 2018 - 04:56:49 EST


On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 02:08:04PM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:

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> so this is hidden from GCC. I can include this information in the
> commit message for a v2 if you'd like?

Yes please - in a condensed form. But explaining what happens makes it
much more clear, thanks for taking the time.

> We're in the process of adding asm goto support to Clang. I'm helping
> test by working through compiling the Linux kernel with Clang for
> x86_64. The patch set still has some kinks we're working out, but
> having this fix in place will make for smoother sailing once we're
> good to go, and we would appreciate having it.

I see.

Thx.

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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