linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.19.y-ckt 004/107] x86/asm/entry/64: Remove a redundant jump

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Date:	Wed,  5 Aug 2015 14:47:56 -0700
From:	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>,
	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.19.y-ckt 004/107] x86/asm/entry/64: Remove a redundant jump

3.19.8-ckt5 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>

commit a30b0085f54efae11f6256df4e4a16af7eefc1c4 upstream.

Jumping to the very next instruction is not very useful:

        jmp label
    label:

Removing the jump.

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1428439424-7258-5-git-send-email-dvlasenk@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Acked-by: John Johansen <john.johansen@...onical.com>
Acked-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
index f02ba29..315f8e9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -1509,7 +1509,6 @@ ENTRY(nmi)
 	/* If it is below the NMI stack, it is a normal NMI */
 	jb	first_nmi
 	/* Ah, it is within the NMI stack, treat it as nested */
-	jmp	nested_nmi
 
 	CFI_REMEMBER_STATE
 
-- 
1.9.1

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