Re: [PATCH] perf/x86/intel: Mark expected switch fall-throughs

From: Kees Cook
Date: Tue Jun 25 2019 - 13:12:47 EST


On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 09:18:46AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Can it build a kernel without patches yet? That is, why should I care
> what LLVM does?

Yes. LLVM trunk builds and boots x86 now. As for distro availability,
AIUI, the asm-goto feature missed the 9.0 LLVM branch point, so it'll
appear in the following release.

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Kees Cook