linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/13] x86/paravirt: remove wbinvd() paravirt interface

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Message-ID: <20171117143945.frvi2gkfltwqcyh7@pd.tnic>
Date:   Fri, 17 Nov 2017 15:39:45 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...izon.com>,
        live-patching@...r.kernel.org, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
        Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
        Alok Kataria <akataria@...are.com>,
        Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/13] x86/paravirt: remove wbinvd() paravirt interface

On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 10:58:22AM -0500, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> Since lguest was removed, only the native version of wbinvd() is used.
> The paravirt interface is no longer needed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h       | 5 -----
>  arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h | 1 -
>  arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h  | 7 +------
>  arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c            | 1 -
>  arch/x86/kernel/paravirt_patch_64.c   | 2 --
>  arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c           | 2 --
>  6 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 17 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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