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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 09/10] x86/jump-label: remove support for custom poker
On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 03:17:31PM -0800, Nadav Amit wrote:
> There are only two types of poking: early and breakpoint based. The use
> of a function pointer to perform poking complicates the code and is
> probably inefficient due to the use of indirect branches.

Right; we used to have a 3rd way, but that is long gone.

Nice cleanup!

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