linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86, copy_user: Remove FIX

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Date:	Sun,  4 Jan 2015 11:52:10 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] x86, copy_user: Remove FIX_ALIGNMENT define

From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

It is superfluous now so remove it. No object file change before and
after.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
---
 arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S b/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
index dee945d55594..1530ec2c1b12 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
 #include <asm/dwarf2.h>
-
-#define FIX_ALIGNMENT 1
-
 #include <asm/current.h>
 #include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
 #include <asm/thread_info.h>
@@ -45,7 +42,6 @@
 	.endm
 
 	.macro ALIGN_DESTINATION
-#ifdef FIX_ALIGNMENT
 	/* check for bad alignment of destination */
 	movl %edi,%ecx
 	andl $7,%ecx
@@ -67,7 +63,6 @@
 
 	_ASM_EXTABLE(100b,103b)
 	_ASM_EXTABLE(101b,103b)
-#endif
 	.endm
 
 /* Standard copy_to_user with segment limit checking */
-- 
2.2.0.33.gc18b867

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