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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Andrew.Cooper3@citrix.com
Cc: x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	mhiramat@kernel.org, kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com,
	jpoimboe@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] x86/alternative: Rewrite optimize_nops() some
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2023 21:45:39 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y+QJ81i/QL+Cp1bf@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Y+QJlK637EYg/Zst@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>

On Wed, Feb 08, 2023 at 09:44:04PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> GNU as seems to go to .nops 12. 13 gives me a single byte nop and a 12.
> That's also exactly the 3 prefix limit, after which some uarchs start
> taking heavy decode penalties.

Oh noes, counting hard. It maxes out at 11, not 12. Sadness.

Instead, lemme go figure out what those alternatives actually are.

  reply	other threads:[~2023-02-08 20:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-02-08 17:10 [PATCH v3 0/4] x86: Fully relocatable alternatives and some NOPs Peter Zijlstra
2023-02-08 17:10 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] x86/alternative: Make debug-alternative selective Peter Zijlstra
2023-02-14 11:48   ` Borislav Petkov
2023-05-13 13:03   ` [tip: x86/alternatives] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2023-02-08 17:10 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] x86/alternative: Support relocations in alternatives Peter Zijlstra
2023-02-17 20:28   ` Borislav Petkov
2023-02-17 22:21   ` Borislav Petkov
2023-05-13 13:03   ` [tip: x86/alternatives] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2023-02-08 17:10 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] x86/alternative: Rewrite optimize_nops() some Peter Zijlstra
2023-02-08 19:52   ` Andrew.Cooper3
2023-02-08 20:29     ` Peter Zijlstra
2023-02-08 20:36       ` Peter Zijlstra
2023-02-08 20:44         ` Peter Zijlstra
2023-02-08 20:45           ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2023-02-08 21:01           ` Peter Zijlstra
2023-02-08 21:08           ` Peter Zijlstra
2023-02-08 21:21             ` Peter Zijlstra
2023-02-09  1:11               ` Andrew.Cooper3
2023-02-09 22:27                 ` David Laight
2023-02-09  1:33       ` Andrew.Cooper3
2023-02-08 23:04     ` David Laight
2023-05-13 13:03   ` [tip: x86/alternatives] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2023-02-27 10:49 ` [PATCH] x86/lib/memmove: Decouple ERMS from FSRM Borislav Petkov
2023-04-27  9:22   ` [PATCH TEST] " Yahu Gao

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