[PATCH 0/1] x86 change mov 0, %reg to xor %reg, %reg

From: Kanna Scarlet
Date: Thu Aug 04 2022 - 11:27:15 EST


Hello Linux x86 maintainers,

I'm an informatic student 19 y.o. I am still studying Linux kernel open
source in GNU/Weeb community. I want to be a linux kerne dev in the
future. This is my first time sending a patch to Linux Kernel, I am
still learning the community. I may make a mistake in this email, please
correct me if i am wrong

I want to improve x86-64 assembly code with this patch. This patch
changes mov $0, %reg with xor %reg, %reg because xor %reg, %reg is
smaller so it is good to save space

asm:
ba 00 00 00 00 mov $0x0,%edx
31 d2 xor %edx,%edx


Regards,

Signed-off-by: Kanna Scarlet <knscarlet@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Kanna Scarlet (1):
x86: Change mov $0, %reg with xor %reg, %reg

arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S | 2 +-
arch/x86/boot/compressed/mem_encrypt.S | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/ftrace_32.S | 4 ++--
arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S | 2 +-
arch/x86/math-emu/div_Xsig.S | 2 +-
arch/x86/math-emu/reg_u_sub.S | 2 +-
6 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)


base-commit: ff89dd08c0f0a3fd330c9ef9d775e880f82c291e
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Kanna Scarlet