[PATCH 3.19.y-ckt 004/107] x86/asm/entry/64: Remove a redundant jump

From: Kamal Mostafa
Date: Wed Aug 05 2015 - 18:00:46 EST


3.19.8-ckt5 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit a30b0085f54efae11f6256df4e4a16af7eefc1c4 upstream.

Jumping to the very next instruction is not very useful:

jmp label
label:

Removing the jump.

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Drewry <wad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1428439424-7258-5-git-send-email-dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: John Johansen <john.johansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
index f02ba29..315f8e9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -1509,7 +1509,6 @@ ENTRY(nmi)
/* If it is below the NMI stack, it is a normal NMI */
jb first_nmi
/* Ah, it is within the NMI stack, treat it as nested */
- jmp nested_nmi

CFI_REMEMBER_STATE

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1.9.1

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