RFC: Rewrite x86-64 IFUNC selector in C

Siddhesh Poyarekar siddhesh@gotplt.org
Thu May 25 05:54:00 GMT 2017


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



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