linux-kernel - [PATCH v1 3/3] x86/msr: Remove now unused definition of MFENCE

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Date:   Fri, 05 Jan 2018 10:08:05 -0600
From:   Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
To:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...ux-foundation.org>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>,
        Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v1 3/3] x86/msr: Remove now unused definition of
 MFENCE_RDTSC feature

With the switch to using LFENCE_RDTSC on AMD platforms there is no longer
a need for the MFENCE_RDTSC feature.  Remove its usage and definition.

Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h |    2 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h         |    3 +--
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
index 07cdd17..14ad778 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 #define X86_FEATURE_SYSCALL32		( 3*32+14) /* "" syscall in IA32 userspace */
 #define X86_FEATURE_SYSENTER32		( 3*32+15) /* "" sysenter in IA32 userspace */
 #define X86_FEATURE_REP_GOOD		( 3*32+16) /* REP microcode works well */
-#define X86_FEATURE_MFENCE_RDTSC	( 3*32+17) /* "" MFENCE synchronizes RDTSC */
+/* free, was: #define X86_FEATURE_MFENCE_RDTSC	( 3*32+17)  "" MFENCE synchronizes RDTSC */
 #define X86_FEATURE_LFENCE_RDTSC	( 3*32+18) /* "" LFENCE synchronizes RDTSC */
 #define X86_FEATURE_ACC_POWER		( 3*32+19) /* AMD Accumulated Power Mechanism */
 #define X86_FEATURE_NOPL		( 3*32+20) /* The NOPL (0F 1F) instructions */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
index 07962f5..8d8d7ae 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
@@ -214,8 +214,7 @@ static __always_inline unsigned long long rdtsc_ordered(void)
 	 * that some other imaginary CPU is updating continuously with a
 	 * time stamp.
 	 */
-	alternative_2("", "mfence", X86_FEATURE_MFENCE_RDTSC,
-			  "lfence", X86_FEATURE_LFENCE_RDTSC);
+	alternative("", "lfence", X86_FEATURE_LFENCE_RDTSC);
 	return rdtsc();
 }