linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] x86: verify_cpu: use XOR for CPUID.EAX=0

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Date:   Fri, 18 May 2018 00:31:35 +0300
From:   Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:     tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com
Cc:     x86@...nel, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] x86: verify_cpu: use XOR for CPUID.EAX=0

MOV eax, imm32 is 5 bytes. XOR eax, eax is 2 bytes.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
---

 arch/x86/kernel/verify_cpu.S |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/verify_cpu.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/verify_cpu.S
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ ENTRY(verify_cpu)
 	jz	.Lverify_cpu_no_longmode	# cpu has no cpuid
 #endif
 
-	movl	$0x0,%eax		# See if cpuid 1 is implemented
+	xor	%eax, %eax		# See if cpuid 1 is implemented
 	cpuid
 	cmpl	$0x1,%eax
 	jb	.Lverify_cpu_no_longmode	# no cpuid 1