On 25.10.23 15:44, Borislav Petkov wrote:
On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 03:31:07PM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:There is #define nop() asm volatile ("nop") in arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h already.Then call it "nop_func" or so.
Okay.
It might not be needed now, but are you sure we won't need it in future?No, I'm not. What I'm sure of is: stuff should be added to the kernel only when really needed. Not in the expectation that it might potentially be needed at some point.
Will double check whether it is needed now. Juergen
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