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Subject[tip:x86/pti] x86/msr: Remove now unused definition of MFENCE_RDTSC feature
Commit-ID:  eeab3eee2fa4a8e8eb52e2abf034f14f1d010e0d
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/eeab3eee2fa4a8e8eb52e2abf034f14f1d010e0d
Author: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
AuthorDate: Fri, 5 Jan 2018 10:08:05 -0600
Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CommitDate: Sat, 6 Jan 2018 21:57:41 +0100

x86/msr: Remove now unused definition of MFENCE_RDTSC feature

With the switch to using LFENCE_RDTSC on AMD platforms there is no longer
a need for the MFENCE_RDTSC feature. Remove its usage and definition.

Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@google.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180105160805.23786.5177.stgit@tlendack-t1.amdoffice.net

---
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 2 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h | 3 +--
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
index 1641c2f..511d909 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
#define X86_FEATURE_SYSCALL32 ( 3*32+14) /* "" syscall in IA32 userspace */
#define X86_FEATURE_SYSENTER32 ( 3*32+15) /* "" sysenter in IA32 userspace */
#define X86_FEATURE_REP_GOOD ( 3*32+16) /* REP microcode works well */
-#define X86_FEATURE_MFENCE_RDTSC ( 3*32+17) /* "" MFENCE synchronizes RDTSC */
+/* free, was: #define X86_FEATURE_MFENCE_RDTSC ( 3*32+17) "" MFENCE synchronizes RDTSC */
#define X86_FEATURE_LFENCE_RDTSC ( 3*32+18) /* "" LFENCE synchronizes RDTSC */
#define X86_FEATURE_ACC_POWER ( 3*32+19) /* AMD Accumulated Power Mechanism */
#define X86_FEATURE_NOPL ( 3*32+20) /* The NOPL (0F 1F) instructions */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
index 07962f5..8d8d7ae 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
@@ -214,8 +214,7 @@ static __always_inline unsigned long long rdtsc_ordered(void)
* that some other imaginary CPU is updating continuously with a
* time stamp.
*/
- alternative_2("", "mfence", X86_FEATURE_MFENCE_RDTSC,
- "lfence", X86_FEATURE_LFENCE_RDTSC);
+ alternative("", "lfence", X86_FEATURE_LFENCE_RDTSC);
return rdtsc();
}

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