Re: [PATCH -tip 2/2] x86/hweight: Use POPCNT when available with X86_NATIVE_CPU option

[Borislav Petkov]

On Sun, Mar 30, 2025 at 05:15:16PM +0200, Uros Bizjak wrote:
> You missed this part:
> 
> --q--
> ... where there is no need for an entry in the .altinstr_replacement

Not really - .altinstr* memory gets jettisoned after boot.

> section, shrinking all text sections by 9476 bytes:

So if anything, this saves a whopping ~9K disk space and makes hweight* an
unreadable mess.

So no, thanks.

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    Boris.

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