[tip: x86/asm] x86/percpu/64: Remove fixed_percpu_data
From: tip-bot2 for Brian Gerst
Date: Tue Feb 18 2025 - 07:13:06 EST
The following commit has been merged into the x86/asm branch of tip:
Commit-ID: b5c4f95351a097a635c1a7fc8d9efa18308491b5
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/b5c4f95351a097a635c1a7fc8d9efa18308491b5
Author: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 14:07:41 -05:00
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 10:15:43 +01:00
x86/percpu/64: Remove fixed_percpu_data
Now that the stack protector canary value is a normal percpu variable,
fixed_percpu_data is unused and can be removed.
Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250123190747.745588-10-brgerst@xxxxxxxxx
---
arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 8 --------
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 4 ----
arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 -
arch/x86/tools/relocs.c | 1 -
4 files changed, 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index b8fee88..b3d1537 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -421,14 +421,6 @@ struct irq_stack {
} __aligned(IRQ_STACK_SIZE);
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-struct fixed_percpu_data {
- char gs_base[40];
- unsigned long reserved;
-};
-
-DECLARE_PER_CPU_FIRST(struct fixed_percpu_data, fixed_percpu_data) __visible;
-DECLARE_INIT_PER_CPU(fixed_percpu_data);
-
static inline unsigned long cpu_kernelmode_gs_base(int cpu)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index b71178f..8b49b13 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -2023,10 +2023,6 @@ EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(pcpu_hot);
EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(const_pcpu_hot);
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-DEFINE_PER_CPU_FIRST(struct fixed_percpu_data,
- fixed_percpu_data) __aligned(PAGE_SIZE) __visible;
-EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL(fixed_percpu_data);
-
static void wrmsrl_cstar(unsigned long val)
{
/*
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 8a59851..93c2fa8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -477,7 +477,6 @@ PROVIDE(__ref_stack_chk_guard = __stack_chk_guard);
*/
#define INIT_PER_CPU(x) init_per_cpu__##x = ABSOLUTE(x)
INIT_PER_CPU(gdt_page);
-INIT_PER_CPU(fixed_percpu_data);
INIT_PER_CPU(irq_stack_backing_store);
#ifdef CONFIG_MITIGATION_UNRET_ENTRY
diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
index 3cb3b30..b5e3695 100644
--- a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
@@ -830,7 +830,6 @@ static void percpu_init(void)
* __per_cpu_load
*
* The "gold" linker incorrectly associates:
- * init_per_cpu__fixed_percpu_data
* init_per_cpu__gdt_page
*/
static int is_percpu_sym(ElfW(Sym) *sym, const char *symname)