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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] x86/pvh-dom0: Remove unnecessary function pointer call from modify_identity_mmio()



On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 03:37:19PM +0000, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> Function pointer calls are far more expensive in a post-Spectre world, and
> this one doesn't need to be.
> 
> No functional change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>

This isn't a hot path though, so I wouldn't be too concerned about the
performance aspect of function pointer calls.

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