Re: [PATCH 15/17] KVM: retpolines: x86: eliminate retpoline from vmx.c exit handlers

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 23/09/19 18:37, Sean Christopherson wrote:
>> Would it be too much if we get rid of
>> kvm_vmx_exit_handlers completely replacing this code with one switch()?
> Hmm, that'd require redirects for nVMX functions since they are set at
> runtime.  That isn't necessarily a bad thing.  The approach could also be
> used if Paolo's idea of making kvm_vmx_max_exit_handlers const allows the
> compiler to avoid retpoline.

But aren't switch statements also retpolin-ized if they use a jump table?

Paolo