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Commit 64dbc122 authored by Josh Poimboeuf's avatar Josh Poimboeuf Committed by Thomas Gleixner
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x86/entry/64: Use JMP instead of JMPQ

Somehow the swapgs mitigation entry code patch ended up with a JMPQ
instruction instead of JMP, where only the short jump is needed.  Some
assembler versions apparently fail to optimize JMPQ into a two-byte JMP
when possible, instead always using a 7-byte JMP with relocation.  For
some reason that makes the entry code explode with a #GP during boot.

Change it back to "JMP" as originally intended.

Fixes: 18ec54fd

 ("x86/speculation: Prepare entry code for Spectre v1 swapgs mitigations")
Signed-off-by: default avatarJosh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
parent a2059825
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