+static unsigned char ideal_nop5_x86_64[5] = { 0x0f, 0x1f, 0x44, 0x00, 0x00 };
+static unsigned char ideal_nop5_x86_32[5] = { 0x3e, 0x8d, 0x74, 0x26, 0x00 };
+static unsigned char *ideal_nop;
+
+static char rel_type_nop;
+
+static int (*make_nop)(void *map, size_t const offset);
+
+static int make_nop_x86(void *map, size_t const offset)
+{
+ uint32_t *ptr;
+ unsigned char *op;
+
+ /* Confirm we have 0xe8 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 */
+ ptr = map + offset;
+ if (*ptr != 0)
+ return -1;
+
+ op = map + offset - 1;
+ if (*op != 0xe8)
+ return -1;
+
+ /* convert to nop */
+ ulseek(fd_map, offset - 1, SEEK_SET);
+ uwrite(fd_map, ideal_nop, 5);
+ return 0;
+}
+