Re: [PATCH] x86/alternative: Align insn bytes vertically

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Tue, Jun 01, 2021 at 09:37:13PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
> 
> For easier inspection which bytes have changed.
> 
> For example:
> 
>   feat: 7*32+12, old: (__x86_indirect_thunk_r10+0x0/0x20 (ffffffff81c02480) len: 17), repl: (ffffffff897813aa, len: 17)
>   ffffffff81c02480:   old_insn: 41 ff e2 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
>   ffffffff897813aa:   rpl_insn: e8 07 00 00 00 f3 90 0f ae e8 eb f9 4c 89 14 24 c3
>   ffffffff81c02480: final_insn: e8 07 00 00 00 f3 90 0f ae e8 eb f9 4c 89 14 24 c3
> 
> No functional changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>

Nice!

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>