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Uros Bizjak authored
x86_64 zero extends 32-bit operations, so for 64-bit operands, XORL r32,r32 is functionally equal to XORQ r64,r64, but avoids a REX prefix byte when legacy registers are used. Slightly smaller code generated, no change in functionality. Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240124103859.611372-1-ubizjak@gmail.com
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