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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] x86/entry/64: use xorl for register clearing
On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 09:21:12PM +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> > - xorq %r8, %r8 /* nospec r8 */
> > + xorl %r8d, %r8d /* nospec r8 */
>
> The suffix should be simply dropped as operand size is unambigious.
> It is just one more character than necessary on the screen.

No strong feelings about this issue, but I prefer it to be explicit. And
that's what seems to be the standard in arch/x86/entry/ .

Thanks,
Dominik

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