Jan Beulich 32c464f5d9 x86: multi-byte single instruction NOPs
Add support for and use the multi-byte NOPs recently documented to be
available on all PentiumPro and later processors.

This patch only applies cleanly on top of the "x86: misc.
constifications" patch sent earlier.

[ tglx: arch/x86 adaptation ]

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c  |   23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 include/asm-x86/processor_32.h |   22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/asm-x86/processor_64.h |   22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
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