Re: [PATCH] x86/speculation: Remove the extra ifdef around CALL_NOSPEC
From: Pawan Gupta
Date: Fri Mar 21 2025 - 13:03:19 EST
On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 12:15:59AM -0700, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 11:13:15AM -0700, Pawan Gupta wrote:
> > Commit 010c4a461c1d ("x86/speculation: Simplify and make CALL_NOSPEC
> > consistent") added an ifdef CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE around the
> > CALL_NOSPEC definition. This is not required as this code is already under
> > a larger ifdef.
> >
> > Remove the extra ifdef, no functional change.
> >
> > vmlinux size remains same before and after this change.
> >
> > CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE=y:
> > text data bss dec hex filename
> > 25434752 7342290 2301212 35078254 217406e vmlinux.before
> > 25434752 7342290 2301212 35078254 217406e vmlinux.after
> >
> > # CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE is not set:
> > text data bss dec hex filename
> > 22943094 6214994 1550152 30708240 1d49210 vmlinux.before
> > 22943094 6214994 1550152 30708240 1d49210 vmlinux.after
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks!