Re: [PATCH v2 06/12] x86/paravirt: switch time pvops functions to use static_call()

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 12:46:24PM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote:
> The time pvops functions are the only ones left which might be
> used in 32-bit mode and which return a 64-bit value.
> 
> Switch them to use the static_call() mechanism instead of pvops, as
> this allows quite some simplification of the pvops implementation.
> 
> Due to include hell this requires to split out the time interfaces
> into a new header file.

There's also this patch floating around; just in case that would come in
handy:

  https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201110005609.40989-3-frederic@xxxxxxxxxx