Re: [PATCH] x86/entry/64: Remove unused icebp macro

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Feb 13 2018 - 02:36:30 EST



* Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 02:18:55AM -0800, tip-bot for Dominik Brodowski wrote:
> > Commit-ID: 5a10e729bc0aa9420a23a70b169eadd229c27bc1
> > Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/5a10e729bc0aa9420a23a70b169eadd229c27bc1
> > Author: Dominik Brodowski <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > AuthorDate: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 11:49:48 +0100
> > Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > CommitDate: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 08:06:37 +0100
> >
> > x86/entry/64: Indent PUSH_AND_CLEAR_REGS and POP_REGS properly
>
> Ontop:
>
> ---
> From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
>
> That macro was touched around 2.5.8 times, judging by the full history
> linux repo, but it was unused even then. Get rid of it already.
>
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/entry/calling.h | 4 ----
> 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/calling.h b/arch/x86/entry/calling.h
> index 6985440c68fa..dce7092ab24a 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/entry/calling.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/entry/calling.h
> @@ -159,10 +159,6 @@ For 32-bit we have the following conventions - kernel is built with
> .if \pop_rdi
> popq %rdi
> .endif
> - .endm
> -
> - .macro icebp
> - .byte 0xf1
> .endm

Good find!

I applied this separately, and added your SOB: let me know if that's not OK.

Thanks,

Ingo