Re: [PATCH] i386 entry.S alignment tweak

Adam Heath (doogie@debian.org)
Mon, 14 Dec 1998 16:48:52 -0600 (CST)


On Mon, 14 Dec 1998, Riley Williams wrote:

> SEG ES
> MOV DI,DI
> SUB CX,-1
> JNZ L1
>
> That looks like a delay loop to me, and one that's been padded out to
> a particular length as well...
>
> > GAS generates this for the same length:
>
> > leal 0x0(%esi,1),%esi
>
> Nodz...

Self-modifying code?

Adam

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