Re: [patch 02/23] x86/apic: Make x2apic_mode depend on CONFIG_X86_X2APIC

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Fri Jan 16 2015 - 05:50:23 EST


On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 09:22:11PM -0000, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> No point in having a static variable around which is always 0. Let the
> compiler optimize code out if disabled.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>

> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h | 8 ++++----
> arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> Index: tip/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
> ===================================================================
> --- tip.orig/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
> +++ tip/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
> @@ -106,8 +106,6 @@ extern u32 native_safe_apic_wait_icr_idl
> extern void native_apic_icr_write(u32 low, u32 id);
> extern u64 native_apic_icr_read(void);
>
> -extern int x2apic_mode;
> -
> static inline bool apic_is_x2apic_enabled(void)
> {
> u64 msr;
> @@ -177,6 +175,7 @@ static inline u64 native_x2apic_icr_read
> return val;
> }
>
> +extern int x2apic_mode;
> extern int x2apic_phys;
> extern int x2apic_preenabled;
> extern void check_x2apic(void);
> @@ -209,8 +208,9 @@ static inline void x2apic_force_phys(voi
> {
> }
>
> -#define x2apic_preenabled 0
> -#define x2apic_supported() 0
> +#define x2apic_mode (0)
> +#define x2apic_preenabled (0)

Btw, while you're at it, you can kill this yet another knob
x2apic_preenabled and use check_x2apic() directly. There are just too
many useless knobs in there.

--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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