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Now that all functions are 16 byte aligned, add 16 bytes of NOP padding in front of each function. This prepares things for software call stack tracking and kCFI/FineIBT. This significantly increases kernel .text size, around 5.1% on a x86_64-defconfig-ish build. However, per the random access argument used for alignment, these 16 extra bytes are code that wouldn't be used. Performance measurements back this up by showing no significant performance regressions. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220915111146.950884492@infradead.org
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.