[PATCH v2 6/6] x86/cpu: Remove "noclflush"

[Borislav Petkov]

From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>

Not really needed anymore and there's clearcpuid=.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 --
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c                    | 8 --------
 2 files changed, 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index dd398f83b335..9882c0cc9722 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3377,8 +3377,6 @@
 
 	nocache		[ARM]
 
-	noclflush	[BUGS=X86] Don't use the CLFLUSH instruction
-
 	delayacct	[KNL] Enable per-task delay accounting
 
 	nodsp		[SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 3d0a5340a678..c090cc69c615 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -1727,14 +1727,6 @@ void identify_secondary_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	update_srbds_msr();
 }
 
-static __init int setup_noclflush(char *arg)
-{
-	setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_CLFLUSH);
-	setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_CLFLUSHOPT);
-	return 1;
-}
-__setup("noclflush", setup_noclflush);
-
 void print_cpu_info(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
 	const char *vendor = NULL;
-- 
2.29.2