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SubjectRe: [RFC v2 0/6] x86: dynamic indirect branch promotion
> BTW: I am not sure that static-keys are much better. Their change also
> affects the control flow, and they do affect the control flow.

Static keys have the same problem, but they only change infrequently so usually
it's not too big a problem if you dump the kernel close to the tracing
sessions.

simple-pt doesn't have a similar mechanism, so it suffers more from it.

-Andi

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