Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/cpu: Use indirect call to measure performance in init_amd_k6()

[Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 06:09:57AM -0700, tip-bot for Mikulas Patocka wrote:
> Commit-ID:  429ed86b5c99b388543f6f7f6983b1230326f2bb
> Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/429ed86b5c99b388543f6f7f6983b1230326f2bb
> Author:     Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>
> AuthorDate: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 07:44:05 -0400
> Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CommitDate: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 10:42:32 +0200
> 
> x86/cpu: Use indirect call to measure performance in init_amd_k6()
> 
> This old piece of code is supposed to measure the performance of indirect
> calls to determine if the processor is buggy or not, however the compiler
> optimizer turns it into a direct call.

Are you booting on a real K6 or qemu?

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    Boris.

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