On December 15, 2016 11:20:17 AM PST, Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >The code is not calling CPUID in any performance critical path, only >at initialization. So any discussion about saving a few instructions >is a complete waste of time. > >-Andi NB: the chief offender is Loadlin, which is still used in some manufacturing flows that depends on a mix of legacy DOS and Linux applications; however, older versions of LILO also have this problem. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>