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Commit 721f791c authored by Uros Bizjak's avatar Uros Bizjak Committed by Ingo Molnar
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x86/boot: Use 32-bit XOR to clear registers


x86_64 zero extends 32-bit operations, so for 64-bit operands,
XORL r32,r32 is functionally equal to XORQ r64,r64, but avoids
a REX prefix byte when legacy registers are used.

Slightly smaller code generated, no change in functionality.

Signed-off-by: default avatarUros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240124103859.611372-1-ubizjak@gmail.com
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