linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3 RESEND] x86, acpi: Eliminate saved

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Message-Id: <1435954115-1800-1-git-send-email-dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Date:	Fri,  3 Jul 2015 22:08:33 +0200
From:	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>,
	Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3 RESEND] x86, acpi: Eliminate saved_eip global variable

Get rid of the global variable saved_eip as it is only written to.
Jump directly to ret_point instead. No functionality change.

Run-tested.

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>
CC: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CC: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
CC: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
CC: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
CC: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
CC: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
CC: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>
CC: Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>
CC: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
CC: x86@...nel.org
CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
---

All three patches are a resend. They still apply cleanly to mingo/tip.git

 arch/x86/kernel/acpi/wakeup_32.S | 10 +---------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/wakeup_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/wakeup_32.S
index 665c6b7..eef2bd3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/wakeup_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/wakeup_32.S
@@ -31,17 +31,11 @@ wakeup_pmode_return:
 
 	movl	%cs:saved_magic, %eax
 	cmpl	$0x12345678, %eax
-	jne	bogus_magic
-
-	# jump to place where we left off
-	movl	saved_eip, %eax
-	jmp	*%eax
-
+	je	ret_point
 bogus_magic:
 	jmp	bogus_magic
 
 
-
 save_registers:
 	sidt	saved_idt
 	sldt	saved_ldt
@@ -56,7 +50,6 @@ save_registers:
 	pushfl
 	popl	saved_context_eflags
 
-	movl	$ret_point, saved_eip
 	ret
 
 
@@ -88,7 +81,6 @@ ret_point:
 .data
 ALIGN
 ENTRY(saved_magic)	.long	0
-ENTRY(saved_eip)	.long	0
 
 # saved registers
 saved_idt:	.long	0,0
-- 
1.8.1.4

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