linux-kernel - [PATCH 022/104] KVM: Remove dead code in the cmpxchg instruction emulation

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Date:	Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:31:04 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
To:	kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@...el32.net>
Subject: [PATCH 022/104] KVM: Remove dead code in the cmpxchg instruction emulation

From: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@...el32.net>

The writeback fixes (02c03a326a5df825cc01de426f72e160db2b9538) let
some dead code in the cmpxchg instruction emulation. Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@...el32.net>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
---
 drivers/kvm/x86_emulate.c |    2 --
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/kvm/x86_emulate.c b/drivers/kvm/x86_emulate.c
index ef7518a..2136da5 100644
--- a/drivers/kvm/x86_emulate.c
+++ b/drivers/kvm/x86_emulate.c
@@ -1278,8 +1278,6 @@ twobyte_insn:
 		src.orig_val = src.val;
 		src.val = _regs[VCPU_REGS_RAX];
 		emulate_2op_SrcV("cmp", src, dst, _eflags);
-		/* Always write back. The question is: where to? */
-		d |= Mov;
 		if (_eflags & EFLG_ZF) {
 			/* Success: write back to memory. */
 			dst.val = src.orig_val;
-- 
1.5.3

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