linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86/mmiotrace: remove redundant instruction prefix checks

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Date:	Tue, 18 May 2010 08:48:30 +0900
From:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org
Subject: [PATCH] x86/mmiotrace: remove redundant instruction prefix checks

Get rid of the duplicated entries in prefix_codes[] to eliminate
redundant checks by skip_prefix().

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: x86@...nel.org
---
 arch/x86/mm/pf_in.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pf_in.c b/arch/x86/mm/pf_in.c
index df3d5c8..308e325 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pf_in.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pf_in.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 /* IA32 Manual 3, 2-1 */
 static unsigned char prefix_codes[] = {
 	0xF0, 0xF2, 0xF3, 0x2E, 0x36, 0x3E, 0x26, 0x64,
-	0x65, 0x2E, 0x3E, 0x66, 0x67
+	0x65, 0x66, 0x67
 };
 /* IA32 Manual 3, 3-432*/
 static unsigned int reg_rop[] = {
-- 
1.6.0.6

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