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Date:   Thu, 28 Sep 2017 03:55:43 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Josh Poimboeuf <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com, mingo@...nel.org, jgross@...e.com,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, luto@...nel.org,
        jpoimboe@...hat.com, jslaby@...e.cz, peterz@...radead.org,
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Subject: [tip:core/objtool] x86/head: Remove unused 'bad_address' code

Commit-ID:  a8b88e84d124bc92c4808e72b8b8c0e0bb538630
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/a8b88e84d124bc92c4808e72b8b8c0e0bb538630
Author:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
AuthorDate: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 21:43:32 -0500
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 09:39:03 +0200

x86/head: Remove unused 'bad_address' code

It's no longer possible for this code to be executed, so remove it.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/32a46fe92d2083700599b36872b26e7dfd7b7965.1505764066.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
index 3b04e4c..afb0a1e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -265,9 +265,6 @@ ENDPROC(start_cpu0)
 	.quad  init_thread_union + THREAD_SIZE - SIZEOF_PTREGS
 	__FINITDATA
 
-bad_address:
-	jmp bad_address
-
 	__INIT
 ENTRY(early_idt_handler_array)
 	i = 0