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Re: RFC: Rewrite x86-64 IFUNC selector in C
- From: Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh at gotplt dot org>
- To: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>, Erich Elsen <eriche at google dot com>
- Cc: Carlos O'Donell <carlos at redhat dot com>, GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 11:20:38 +0530
- Subject: Re: RFC: Rewrite x86-64 IFUNC selector in C
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On Thursday 25 May 2017 03:19 AM, H.J. Lu wrote:
> Most of time, C is easier to maintain than assembly code. I think
> it is a good idea in general. What do other people think?
+1, C > assembly wherever possible. Use assembly only if the compiler
is incapable of producing the output you want (and if that actually
matters) and then reevaluate every few releases.
Siddhesh