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Date:   Thu, 9 Sep 2021 23:53:43 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To:     "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/asm: pessimize the pre-initialization case in
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On Thu, Sep 09, 2021 at 02:28:42PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Because it is shorter and thus can fit more contents

                Pessimize the pre-initialization case

vs

Do not waste registers in the pre-initialization case

I'll take 16 chars longer but a lot more understandable any day of the
week.

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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