linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.14 004/159] x86/head: Remove unused bad

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Date:   Fri, 22 Dec 2017 09:44:49 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>, Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4.14 004/159] x86/head: Remove unused bad_address code

4.14-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>

commit a8b88e84d124bc92c4808e72b8b8c0e0bb538630 upstream.

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>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S |    3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -266,9 +266,6 @@ 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