No point in having a static variable around which is always 0. Let the compiler optimize code out if disabled. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h | 8 ++++---- arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) Index: tip/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h =================================================================== --- tip.orig/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h +++ tip/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h @@ -106,8 +106,6 @@ extern u32 native_safe_apic_wait_icr_idl extern void native_apic_icr_write(u32 low, u32 id); extern u64 native_apic_icr_read(void); -extern int x2apic_mode; - static inline bool apic_is_x2apic_enabled(void) { u64 msr; @@ -177,6 +175,7 @@ static inline u64 native_x2apic_icr_read return val; } +extern int x2apic_mode; extern int x2apic_phys; extern int x2apic_preenabled; extern void check_x2apic(void); @@ -209,8 +208,9 @@ static inline void x2apic_force_phys(voi { } -#define x2apic_preenabled 0 -#define x2apic_supported() 0 +#define x2apic_mode (0) +#define x2apic_preenabled (0) +#define x2apic_supported() (0) #endif extern void enable_IR_x2apic(void); Index: tip/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c =================================================================== --- tip.orig/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c +++ tip/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c @@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ static __init int setup_apicpmtimer(char __setup("apicpmtimer", setup_apicpmtimer); #endif -int x2apic_mode; #ifdef CONFIG_X86_X2APIC +int x2apic_mode; /* x2apic enabled before OS handover */ int x2apic_preenabled; static int x2apic_disabled;