From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Jacek Tomaka <jacekt@dug.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Jacek Tomaka <jacek.tomaka@poczta.fm>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] perf/x86/intel: Add support for MISPREDICT bit on Knights Landing cpus
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 18:48:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180730164839.GP2494@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKVxXCVoRb8Hf18AmUF7RcyNy7JACKByj2FsVOSiO31=ZHFHYQ@mail.gmail.com>
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 12:34:02AM +0800, Jacek Tomaka wrote:
> Ah, right:
> /*
> * Due to lack of segmentation in Linux the effective address (offset)
> * is the same as the linear address, allowing us to merge the LIP and EIP
> * LBR formats.
> */
>
> Yeah, LBR_FORMAT_EIP_FLAGS is ok as well. Would it be preffered?
Yeah, think so, that keeps the lookup table const.
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2018-07-30 14:28 Jacek Tomaka
2018-07-30 16:17 ` Peter Zijlstra
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2018-07-30 16:48 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
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