Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] powerpc: module_[32|64].c: replace swap function with built-in one

[Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andrey Abramov <st5pub@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Replace relaswap with built-in one, because relaswap
> does a simple byte to byte swap.

I replied to v1 with an ack, which stands, this is just a clarification.

> Since Spectre mitigations have made indirect function calls more
> expensive, and the default simple byte copies swap is implemented
> without them, an "optimized" custom swap function is now
> a waste of time as well as code.

Spectre mitigations don't necessarily slow down indirect function calls
on all arches or in all configurations on all arches, so that
justification is a bit dubious.

That's not really a problem for this patch, because the existing
overhead of the function call is probably already enough to rival the
cost of the 24 byte copy.

cheers

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