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| author | Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> | 2012-01-27 00:06:45 +0100 |
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| committer | Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> | 2013-08-07 03:16:33 +0200 |
| commit | c3c7f14a116c24d6fba185c95cd7454f3764f8a9 (patch) | |
| tree | 1766dcc9afbc1a1417c2783a601c7c7973b71eef /arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c | |
| parent | Linux 3.11-rc1 (diff) | |
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x86/jump-label: Use best default nops for inital jump label calls
As specified by H. Peter Anvin, the best nops for x86 without knowing
the running computer is:
32bit:
0x3e, 0x8d, 0x74, 0x26, 0x00 also known as GENERIC_NOP5_ATOMIC
64bit:
0x0f, 0x1f, 0x44, 0x00, 0x00 also known as P6_NOP5_ATOMIC
Currently the default nop that is used by jump label is:
0xe9 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
Which is really a 5byte jump to the next position.
It's better to use a real nop than a jmp.
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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