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

Luck, Tony
2024-06-18T00:08:29Z

> $ 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.

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)

-Tony