[tip: objtool/core] x86/retpoline: Remove unused replacement symbols

From: tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
Date: Fri Oct 29 2021 - 04:03:41 EST


The following commit has been merged into the objtool/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID: 4fe79e710d9574a14993f8b4e16b7252da72d5e8
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/4fe79e710d9574a14993f8b4e16b7252da72d5e8
Author: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 14:01:37 +02:00
Committer: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Thu, 28 Oct 2021 23:25:26 +02:00

x86/retpoline: Remove unused replacement symbols

Now that objtool no longer creates alternatives, these replacement
symbols are no longer needed, remove them.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211026120309.915051744@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
arch/x86/include/asm/asm-prototypes.h | 10 +------
arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S | 42 +--------------------------
2 files changed, 52 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/asm-prototypes.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/asm-prototypes.h
index 4cb726c..a28c5ca 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/asm-prototypes.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/asm-prototypes.h
@@ -24,14 +24,4 @@ extern void cmpxchg8b_emu(void);
extern asmlinkage void __x86_indirect_thunk_ ## reg (void);
#include <asm/GEN-for-each-reg.h>

-#undef GEN
-#define GEN(reg) \
- extern asmlinkage void __x86_indirect_alt_call_ ## reg (void);
-#include <asm/GEN-for-each-reg.h>
-
-#undef GEN
-#define GEN(reg) \
- extern asmlinkage void __x86_indirect_alt_jmp_ ## reg (void);
-#include <asm/GEN-for-each-reg.h>
-
#endif /* CONFIG_RETPOLINE */
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S b/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S
index ec9922c..a91e0dc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S
@@ -41,36 +41,6 @@ SYM_FUNC_END(__x86_indirect_thunk_\reg)
.endm

/*
- * This generates .altinstr_replacement symbols for use by objtool. They,
- * however, must not actually live in .altinstr_replacement since that will be
- * discarded after init, but module alternatives will also reference these
- * symbols.
- *
- * Their names matches the "__x86_indirect_" prefix to mark them as retpolines.
- */
-.macro ALT_THUNK reg
-
- .align 1
-
-SYM_FUNC_START_NOALIGN(__x86_indirect_alt_call_\reg)
- ANNOTATE_RETPOLINE_SAFE
-1: call *%\reg
-2: .skip 5-(2b-1b), 0x90
-SYM_FUNC_END(__x86_indirect_alt_call_\reg)
-
-STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD(__x86_indirect_alt_call_\reg)
-
-SYM_FUNC_START_NOALIGN(__x86_indirect_alt_jmp_\reg)
- ANNOTATE_RETPOLINE_SAFE
-1: jmp *%\reg
-2: .skip 5-(2b-1b), 0x90
-SYM_FUNC_END(__x86_indirect_alt_jmp_\reg)
-
-STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD(__x86_indirect_alt_jmp_\reg)
-
-.endm
-
-/*
* Despite being an assembler file we can't just use .irp here
* because __KSYM_DEPS__ only uses the C preprocessor and would
* only see one instance of "__x86_indirect_thunk_\reg" rather
@@ -92,15 +62,3 @@ STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD(__x86_indirect_alt_jmp_\reg)
#undef GEN
#define GEN(reg) EXPORT_THUNK(reg)
#include <asm/GEN-for-each-reg.h>
-
-#undef GEN
-#define GEN(reg) ALT_THUNK reg
-#include <asm/GEN-for-each-reg.h>
-
-#undef GEN
-#define GEN(reg) __EXPORT_THUNK(__x86_indirect_alt_call_ ## reg)
-#include <asm/GEN-for-each-reg.h>
-
-#undef GEN
-#define GEN(reg) __EXPORT_THUNK(__x86_indirect_alt_jmp_ ## reg)
-#include <asm/GEN-for-each-reg.h>