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x86/paravirt: Use XOR r32,r32 to clear register in pv_vcpu_is_preempted()
authorUros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:18:15 +0000 (22:18 +0100)
committerBorislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 10:44:29 +0000 (11:44 +0100)
commit31911d3c394d6556a67ff63cf0093049ef6dcdd7
tree023699fe35083bdd83395da2a4e0af73a14cded5
parentbaea32b242be8ff857cc27b910c6c325c24a7247
x86/paravirt: Use XOR r32,r32 to clear register in pv_vcpu_is_preempted()

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

Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Acked-by: Alexey Makhalov <alexey.makhalov@broadcom.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260114211948.74774-2-ubizjak@gmail.com
arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt-spinlock.h