Re: [PATCH] x86: remove arbitrary instruction size limit in instruction decoder

[Jim Keniston]

On Wed, 2014-11-12 at 14:53 -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The current x86 instruction decoder steps along through the
> instruction stream but always ensures that it never steps farther
> than the largest possible instruction size (MAX_INSN_SIZE).
...

> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Jim Keniston <jkenisto@xxxxxxxxxx>

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