[tip:x86/asm] x86/asm/entry/64: Remove pointless jump to irq_return

From: tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
Date: Sun Jun 07 2015 - 04:32:14 EST


Commit-ID: 5ca6f70f387b4f82903037cc3c5488e2c97dcdbc
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/5ca6f70f387b4f82903037cc3c5488e2c97dcdbc
Author: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu, 4 Jun 2015 13:24:29 -0700
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri, 5 Jun 2015 12:42:41 +0200

x86/asm/entry/64: Remove pointless jump to irq_return

INTERRUPT_RETURN turns into a jmp instruction. There's no need
for extra indirection.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/2f2318653dbad284a59311f13f08cea71298fd7c.1433449436.git.luto@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
index f7380ea..3177066 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -663,8 +663,6 @@ retint_kernel:
restore_c_regs_and_iret:
RESTORE_C_REGS
REMOVE_PT_GPREGS_FROM_STACK 8
-
-irq_return:
INTERRUPT_RETURN

ENTRY(native_iret)
@@ -1432,7 +1430,7 @@ nmi_restore:

/* Clear the NMI executing stack variable */
movq $0, 5*8(%rsp)
- jmp irq_return
+ INTERRUPT_RETURN
END(nmi)

ENTRY(ignore_sysret)
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