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

[Linus Torvalds]

On Mon, 17 Aug 2026 at 22:32, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> - Remove the smp_locks alternatives machinery which was used to patch out lock
>   prefixes when running a SMP kernel on a uniprocessor machine

Thanks. Past time.

On that "when CONFIG_SMP becomes unconditional" comment - I do wonder
if UP ends up still relevant in some virtual environments? But yeah,
the hardware certainly isn't worth worrying about any more.

               Linus