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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index bbfbf7ad17ca..a7e1ec50ad29 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -169,9 +169,12 @@ void text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len);
*/
static bool insn_is_nop(struct insn *insn)
{
- if (insn->opcode.bytes[0] == 0x90)
+ /* Anything NOP, but no REP NOP */
+ if (insn->opcode.bytes[0] == 0x90 &&
+ (!insn->prefixes.nbytes || insn->prefixes.bytes[0] != 0xF3))
return true;
+ /* NOPL */
if (insn->opcode.bytes[0] == 0x0F && insn->opcode.bytes[1] == 0x1F)
return true;