x86/alternatives: Optimize optimize_nops()

Return early if NOPs have already been optimized.
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240130105941.19707-4-bp@alien8.de

arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c

@@ -233,6 +233,10 @@ static void noinline optimize_nops(const u8 * const instr, u8 *buf, size_t len)
 		if (insn_is_nop(&insn)) {
 			int nop = i;
 
+			/* Has the NOP already been optimized? */
+			if (i + insn.length == len)
+				return;
+
 			next = skip_nops(buf, next, len);
 
 			add_nop(buf + nop, next - nop);