[PATCH 24/24] x86: Remove FAST_FEATURE_TESTS

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Tue Jan 23 2018 - 10:50:28 EST


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

--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -389,17 +389,6 @@ 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)
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ extern void clear_cpu_cap(struct cpuinfo

#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 @@ static __always_inline __pure bool _stat
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))