Peter Zijlstra 23c1ad538f x86/alternatives: Optimize optimize_nops() ... Currently, optimize_nops() scans to see if the alternative starts with NOPs. However, the emit pattern is: 141: \oldinstr 142: .skip (len-(142b-141b)), 0x90 That is, when 'oldinstr' is short, the tail is padded with NOPs. This case never gets optimized. Rewrite optimize_nops() to replace any trailing string of NOPs inside the alternative to larger NOPs. Also run it irrespective of patching, replacing NOPs in both the original and replaced code. A direct consequence is that 'padlen' becomes superfluous, so remove it. [ bp: - Adjust commit message - remove a stale comment about needing to pad - add a comment in optimize_nops() - exit early if the NOP verif. loop catches a mismatch - function should not not add NOPs in that case - fix the "optimized NOPs" offsets output ] Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210326151259.442992235@infradead.org		2021-04-02 12:41:17 +02:00
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asm	x86/alternatives: Optimize optimize_nops()	2021-04-02 12:41:17 +02:00
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