Re: [PATCH PATCH 8/9] x86/bugs: Declutter vulnerable CPU list

Pawan Gupta
2024-06-18T03:19:36Z

On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 12:08:18AM +0000, Luck, Tony wrote:
> > $ size vmlinux.before vmlinux.after
> > text data bss dec hex filename
> > 33128289 23039446 19767300 75935035 486ad3b vmlinux.before
> > 33128289 23039446 19767300 75935035 486ad3b vmlinux.after
>
> Same size != same contents.

Right. I did get that thought, but did not act on it :\

> What if you:
>
> $ cmp -l arch/x86/kernel/cpu/before-common.o arch/x86/kernel/cpu/after-common.o
>
> Or
>
> $ diff <(objdump -d arch/x86/kernel/cpu/before-common.o) <(objdump -d arch/x86/kernel/cpu/after-common.o)

Thanks for pointers. I am not seeing any difference in the disassembly too.