Re: [PATCH v1 00/14] x86 boot code cleanups, batch 1

From: Uros Bizjak

Date: Wed Jan 21 2026 - 05:43:05 EST


On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 8:54 PM H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This patchset also includes the removal of the gcc-specific version of
> the RELOC_HIDE() macro, by Uros Bizjak, as the other changes in this
> patchset makes that possible. Per Uros, this is holding back gcc
> development, so it seems pretty important.

Not that this issue is holding back GCC *development*, the historic
kludge unnecessarily suppresses optimizations that could be applied by
the compiler to produce better code.

Thanks,
Uros.