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Date:   Fri, 12 Mar 2021 15:47:26 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To:     Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86: Remove ideal_nops[]
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On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 03:29:48PM +0100, Sedat Dilek wrote:
> What does this change exactly mean to/for me?

Probably nothing.

I would be very surprised if it would be at all noticeable for you -
it's not like the kernel is executing long streams of NOPs in fast
paths.

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    Boris.

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