Re: 2.6.{26.2,27-rc} oops on virtualbox

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

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Hi Luiz, two more tests:

1. a small program to run in userspace and tell us what you get;
2. a patch against -linus for testing.

	-hpa


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#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
  unsigned int eax, edx;

  asm(".byte 0x0f,0x1f,0x84,0x00,0x98,0x98,0x98,0x98,0x92,0x90,0x90,0x90"
      : "=a" (eax), "=d" (edx)
      : "a" (0x88776655), "d" (0x44332211));

  printf("%08x:%08x\n", edx, eax);
  return 0;
}

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diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 2763cb3..33193fe 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -157,8 +157,6 @@ static const struct nop {
 } noptypes[] = {
 	{ X86_FEATURE_K8, k8_nops },
 	{ X86_FEATURE_K7, k7_nops },
-	{ X86_FEATURE_P4, p6_nops },
-	{ X86_FEATURE_P3, p6_nops },
 	{ -1, NULL }
 };