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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
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arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt-spinlock.h

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@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static __always_inline void pv_queued_spin_unlock(struct qspinlock *lock)
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static __always_inline bool pv_vcpu_is_preempted(long cpu)
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{
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return PVOP_ALT_CALLEE1(bool, pv_ops_lock, vcpu_is_preempted, cpu,
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"xor %%" _ASM_AX ", %%" _ASM_AX,
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"xor %%eax, %%eax",
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ALT_NOT(X86_FEATURE_VCPUPREEMPT));
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}
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