From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ... > Below is the latest version which I just pushed out to my git tree so > that the robots can have a go at it. Why not delete the indirection table? So you end up with: > +#ifndef CONFIG_64BIT > + > +/* > + * Generic 32bit nops from GAS: > + * > + * 1: nop > + * 2: movl %esi,%esi > + * 3: leal 0x00(%esi),%esi > + * 4: leal 0x00(,%esi,1),%esi > + * 5: leal %ds:0x00(,%esi,1),%esi > + * 6: leal 0x00000000(%esi),%esi > + * 7: leal 0x00000000(,%esi,1),%esi > + * 8: leal %ds:0x00000000(,%esi,1),%esi > * > - * *_NOP5_ATOMIC must be a single instruction. > + * Except 5 and 8, which are DS prefixed 4 and 7 resp, where GAS would emit 2 > + * nop instructions. > */ > +#define BYTES_NOP1 0x90 > +#define BYTES_NOP2 0x89,0xf6 > +#define BYTES_NOP3 0x8d,0x76,0x00 > +#define BYTES_NOP4 0x8d,0x74,0x26,0x00 > +#define BYTES_NOP5 0x3e,BYTES_NOP4 > +#define BYTES_NOP6 0x8d,0xb6,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00 > +#define BYTES_NOP7 0x8d,0xb4,0x26,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00 > +#define BYTES_NOP8 0x3e,BYTES_NOP7 const unsigned char const x86_nops[8][8] = { { BYTES_NOP1 }, { BYTES_NOP2 }, { BYTES_NOP3 }, { BYTES_NOP4 }, { BYTES_NOP5 }, { BYTES_NOP6 }, { BYTES_NOP7 }, { BYTES_NOP8 } }; The rest of the patch may not need changing. David - Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)