| Date | Mon, 14 Aug 2023 13:54:26 +0100 | From | Andrew.Cooper3@citrix ... | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 03/11] objtool/x86: Fix SRSO mess |
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On 14/08/2023 12:44 pm, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > <snip> > +/* > + * Symbols that are embedded inside other instructions, because sometimes crazy > + * code exists. These are mostly ignored for validation purposes.
I feel this comment still doesn't get across the sweat and tears involved with the fixes, so offer this alternative for consideration:
", because sometimes the only thing more crazy than hardware behaviour is what we have to do in software to mitigate"
~Andrew
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