From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752841AbbBRVYd (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2015 16:24:33 -0500 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([78.46.96.112]:45002 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752515AbbBRVYc (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2015 16:24:32 -0500 Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 22:23:41 +0100 From: Borislav Petkov To: Ingo Molnar Cc: X86 ML , LKML Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 00/12] x86, alternatives: Instruction padding and more robust JMPs Message-ID: <20150218212341.GR3211@pd.tnic> References: <1422987390-17878-1-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de> <20150218212013.GB22696@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150218212013.GB22696@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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. ECO tip #101: Trim your mails when you reply. --