Re: [PATCH RFC V2 3/5] jump_label: if a key has already been initialized, don't nop it out

H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-06T18:20:58Z

On 10/06/2011 11:10 AM, Jason Baron wrote:
>
> It would be cool if we could make the total width 2-bytes, when
> possible. It might be possible by making the initial 'JUMP_LABEL_INITIAL_NOP'
> as a 'jmp' to the 'l_yes' label. And then patching that with a no-op at boot
> time or link time - letting the compiler pick the width. In that way we could
> get the optimal width...
>

Yes, that would be a win just based on icache footprint alone.

-hpa

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