On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 15:23:51 +0900 Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Actually I wonder if X86_DECODER_SELFTEST is even still needed these > > days, since objtool is enabled on default configs. Objtool already uses > > the decoder to disassemble every instruction in the kernel (except for a > > few whitelisted files). > > Sometimes it have found bugs, so I would like to keep it. That test runs > build time and in-kernel decoder is somewhat critical. It is better to > run a test before install it. But yes, I think it may not need to run always anymore. So let's make it disabled by default. Thank you, -- Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
