Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/2] x86: introduce NOP9 forms

2017-12-18 Thread Andrew Cooper
On 18/12/17 10:13, Jan Beulich wrote: > Both Intel and AMD recommend an operand-size-override-prefixed long NOP > form for covering 9 bytes, so introduce this and use it in p6_nops[] to > allow further reducing the number of NOPs needed when covering larger > ranges. > > Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich

[Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/2] x86: introduce NOP9 forms

2017-12-18 Thread Jan Beulich
Both Intel and AMD recommend an operand-size-override-prefixed long NOP form for covering 9 bytes, so introduce this and use it in p6_nops[] to allow further reducing the number of NOPs needed when covering larger ranges. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich --- a/xen/arch/x86/alternative.c +++ b/xen/arch