linux-kernel - [PATCH 70/89] sched/core: Remove unused prefetch

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Message-Id: <1486387772-18837-71-git-send-email-mingo@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon,  6 Feb 2017 14:29:13 +0100
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH 70/89] sched/core: Remove unused prefetch_stack()

prefetch_stack() is defined by IA64, but not actually used anywhere anymore.

Remove it.

Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/ia64/include/asm/processor.h |  2 --
 arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S          | 23 -----------------------
 include/linux/sched.h             |  6 ------
 3 files changed, 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/processor.h
index 03911a336406..26a63d69c599 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
 #include <asm/ustack.h>
 
-#define ARCH_HAS_PREFETCH_SWITCH_STACK
-
 #define IA64_NUM_PHYS_STACK_REG	96
 #define IA64_NUM_DBG_REGS	8
 
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S
index 6f27a663177c..e7a716b09350 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S
@@ -455,29 +455,6 @@ GLOBAL_ENTRY(load_switch_stack)
 	br.cond.sptk.many b7
 END(load_switch_stack)
 
-GLOBAL_ENTRY(prefetch_stack)
-	add r14 = -IA64_SWITCH_STACK_SIZE, sp
-	add r15 = IA64_TASK_THREAD_KSP_OFFSET, in0
-	;;
-	ld8 r16 = [r15]				// load next's stack pointer
-	lfetch.fault.excl [r14], 128
-	;;
-	lfetch.fault.excl [r14], 128
-	lfetch.fault [r16], 128
-	;;
-	lfetch.fault.excl [r14], 128
-	lfetch.fault [r16], 128
-	;;
-	lfetch.fault.excl [r14], 128
-	lfetch.fault [r16], 128
-	;;
-	lfetch.fault.excl [r14], 128
-	lfetch.fault [r16], 128
-	;;
-	lfetch.fault [r16], 128
-	br.ret.sptk.many rp
-END(prefetch_stack)
-
 	/*
 	 * Invoke a system call, but do some tracing before and after the call.
 	 * We MUST preserve the current register frame throughout this routine
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index d93db434cbe2..f0e12a58b8cb 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -252,12 +252,6 @@ struct sched_info {
 # define SCHED_FIXEDPOINT_SHIFT	10
 # define SCHED_FIXEDPOINT_SCALE	(1L << SCHED_FIXEDPOINT_SHIFT)
 
-#ifdef ARCH_HAS_PREFETCH_SWITCH_STACK
-extern void prefetch_stack(struct task_struct *t);
-#else
-static inline void prefetch_stack(struct task_struct *t) { }
-#endif
-
 struct load_weight {
 	unsigned long weight;
 	u32 inv_weight;
-- 
2.7.4