[PATCH 3.16.y-ckt 049/118] x86/asm/entry/64: Remove a redundant jump

[Luis Henriques]

3.16.7-ckt16 -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>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@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 c13aaaac878b..c0ec84a1890e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -1494,7 +1494,6 @@ 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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