Re: [PATCH PATCH 8/9] x86/bugs: Declutter vulnerable CPU list

[Pawan Gupta]

On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 12:08:18AM +0000, Luck, Tony wrote:
> > $ size vmlinux.before vmlinux.after
> > text		data		bss		dec		hex	filename
> > 33128289        23039446        19767300        75935035        486ad3b vmlinux.before
> > 33128289        23039446        19767300        75935035        486ad3b vmlinux.after
> 
> Same size != same contents.

Right. I did get that thought, but did not act on it :\

> What if you:
> 
> $ cmp -l arch/x86/kernel/cpu/before-common.o arch/x86/kernel/cpu/after-common.o
> 
> Or
> 
> $ diff <(objdump -d arch/x86/kernel/cpu/before-common.o) <(objdump -d arch/x86/kernel/cpu/after-common.o)

Thanks for pointers. I am not seeing any difference in the disassembly too.