[GIT PULL] x86/alternatives for v7.3-rc1

[Borislav Petkov]

Hi Linus,

please pull a x86/alternatives cleanup for v7.3-rc1.

Thx.

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The following changes since commit a13c140cc289c0b7b3770bce5b3ad42ab35074aa:

  Linux 7.2-rc3 (2026-07-12 14:16:39 -0700)

are available in the Git repository at:

  ssh://git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git tags/x86_alternatives_for_v7.3_rc1

for you to fetch changes up to 4a73b93ce489a58c9a2aac4a5f5cd8cfa58ced64:

  x86/alternative: Drop smp_locks glue (2026-07-13 09:23:36 -0700)

----------------------------------------------------------------
- Remove the smp_locks alternatives machinery which was used to patch out lock
  prefixes when running a SMP kernel on a uniprocessor machine

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Borislav Petkov (AMD) (1):
      x86/alternative: Drop smp_locks glue

 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |   3 -
 arch/um/kernel/um_arch.c                        |  12 --
 arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h              |  68 +--------
 arch/x86/include/asm/cmpxchg_32.h               |   4 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h              |   2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c                   | 190 ------------------------
 arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c                  |   3 -
 arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c                   |   1 -
 arch/x86/kernel/module.c                        |  13 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c                       |   3 -
 arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S                   |  12 --
 arch/x86/tools/relocs.c                         |   2 +-
 tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h        |   2 +-
 tools/objtool/check.c                           |   1 -
 tools/objtool/klp-diff.c                        |   1 -
 15 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 306 deletions(-)


-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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