linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 00/12] x86, alternatives: Instruction padding and more robust JMPs

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Date:	Wed, 18 Feb 2015 22:23:41 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 00/12] x86, alternatives: Instruction padding and more
 robust JMPs

On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 10:20:13PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Ok, this looks really cool.

Thanks, I think so too :-)

> Do you have any stats about how many such (affected) patch 
> sites we have in say the 64-bit defconfig kernel?
> 
> I.e. what's the scope of this optimization?

I'm currently reworking the NOP optimizing aspect. I'll send it out when
it is done along with stats. Probably next week the latest.

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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