Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] tools/tests/x86_emulate: #define unlikely in x86 emulator test harness

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 22.12.16 at 16:10, <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I did not find this important build fix for a regression in 4.8.0
> because:

I wonder why you consider this important - the harness doesn't
get built by default, and is of little use for other than smoke
testing a limited set of changes to the insn emulator.

> Backporting this is made more awkward by the decision to make the fix
> a portmanteau.  Do the x86 maintainers intend to provide a
> ready-to-use backport or shall I try to prepare one ?

I've pushed one a minute ago to 4.8-staging.

> For now, is there any reason why I should not use my change
>    +#define unlikely(x) (x)
> in an upload to Debian ?

I don't see anything speaking against that.

Jan


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