Re: [PATCH] x86/alternatives: Disable KASAN on text_poke_early() in apply_alternatives()

[Borislav Petkov]

On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 12:10:56PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Now, obviously you really don't want boot_cpu_has() in
> __VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT, that would be really bad (Linus recently
> complained about how horrible the code-gen is around this already, must
> not make it far worse).

You mean a MOV (%rip) and a TEST are so horrible there because it is
a mask?

I'd experiment with it when I get a chance...

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