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From: tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra <tipbot@zytor.com>
To: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, peterz@infradead.org, mingo@kernel.org,
	hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [tip:x86/build] x86: Remove FAST_FEATURE_TESTS
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 03:01:16 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tip-d0266046ad54e0c964941364cd82a0d0478ce286@git.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180319154717.705383007@infradead.org>

Commit-ID:  d0266046ad54e0c964941364cd82a0d0478ce286
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/d0266046ad54e0c964941364cd82a0d0478ce286
Author:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
AuthorDate: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:41:26 +0100
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CommitDate: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 10:58:03 +0100

x86: Remove FAST_FEATURE_TESTS

Since we want to rely on static branches to avoid speculation, remove
any possible fallback code for static_cpu_has.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180319154717.705383007@infradead.org

---
 arch/x86/Kconfig                  | 11 -----------
 arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h |  8 --------
 2 files changed, 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 0fa71a78ec99..cb5b5907dbd6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -393,17 +393,6 @@ config X86_FEATURE_NAMES
 
 	  If in doubt, say Y.
 
-config X86_FAST_FEATURE_TESTS
-	bool "Fast CPU feature tests" if EMBEDDED
-	default y
-	---help---
-	  Some fast-paths in the kernel depend on the capabilities of the CPU.
-	  Say Y here for the kernel to patch in the appropriate code at runtime
-	  based on the capabilities of the CPU. The infrastructure for patching
-	  code at runtime takes up some additional space; space-constrained
-	  embedded systems may wish to say N here to produce smaller, slightly
-	  slower code.
-
 config X86_X2APIC
 	bool "Support x2apic"
 	depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC && X86_64 && (IRQ_REMAP || HYPERVISOR_GUEST)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index 736771c9822e..b27da9602a6d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ extern void clear_cpu_cap(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c, unsigned int bit);
 
 #define setup_force_cpu_bug(bit) setup_force_cpu_cap(bit)
 
-#if defined(CC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO) && defined(CONFIG_X86_FAST_FEATURE_TESTS)
 /*
  * Static testing of CPU features.  Used the same as boot_cpu_has().
  * These will statically patch the target code for additional
@@ -196,13 +195,6 @@ t_no:
 		boot_cpu_has(bit) :				\
 		_static_cpu_has(bit)				\
 )
-#else
-/*
- * Fall back to dynamic for gcc versions which don't support asm goto. Should be
- * a minority now anyway.
- */
-#define static_cpu_has(bit)		boot_cpu_has(bit)
-#endif
 
 #define cpu_has_bug(c, bit)		cpu_has(c, (bit))
 #define set_cpu_bug(c, bit)		set_cpu_cap(c, (bit))

      reply	other threads:[~2018-03-20 10:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-03-19 15:41 [PATCH 0/2] x86: Mandate asm-goto support Peter Zijlstra
2018-03-19 15:41 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86: Force asm-goto Peter Zijlstra
2018-03-19 19:57   ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-03-19 20:13     ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-03-20 10:00       ` [tip:x86/build] " tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2018-03-27 16:43       ` [PATCH 1/2] " Anders Roxell
2018-03-20 15:45   ` Jonathan Corbet
2018-03-20 15:50     ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-03-20 18:44       ` Jonathan Corbet
2018-03-22 12:10       ` Pavel Machek
2018-03-19 15:41 ` [PATCH 2/2] x86: Remove FAST_FEATURE_TESTS Peter Zijlstra
2018-03-20 10:01   ` tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra [this message]

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