linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: Remove dynamic NOP selection

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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2024 16:53:28 +0000 (UTC)
From: Thorsten Glaser <tg@...ian.org>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, x86@...nel.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        torvalds@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-toolchains@...r.kernel.org, jpoimboe@...hat.com,
        alexei.starovoitov@...il.com, mhiramat@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: Remove dynamic NOP selection

H. Peter Anvin dixit:

>%eiz was something that binutils used to put in when disassembling
>certain redundant encodings with SIB at some point.

Ah, fair enough. Maybe this could be added as one more line in
the comment or something.

Thanks,
//mirabilos
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