Since we want to rely on static branches to avoid speculation, remove any possible fallback code for static_cpu_has. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) --- arch/x86/Kconfig | 11 ----------- arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h | 8 -------- 2 files changed, 19 deletions(-) --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -389,17 +389,6 @@ config X86_FEATURE_NAMES If in doubt, say Y. -config X86_FAST_FEATURE_TESTS - bool "Fast CPU feature tests" if EMBEDDED - default y - ---help--- - Some fast-paths in the kernel depend on the capabilities of the CPU. - Say Y here for the kernel to patch in the appropriate code at runtime - based on the capabilities of the CPU. The infrastructure for patching - code at runtime takes up some additional space; space-constrained - embedded systems may wish to say N here to produce smaller, slightly - slower code. - config X86_X2APIC bool "Support x2apic" depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC && X86_64 && (IRQ_REMAP || HYPERVISOR_GUEST) --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h @@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ extern void clear_cpu_cap(struct cpuinfo #define setup_force_cpu_bug(bit) setup_force_cpu_cap(bit) -#if defined(CC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO) && defined(CONFIG_X86_FAST_FEATURE_TESTS) /* * Static testing of CPU features. Used the same as boot_cpu_has(). * These will statically patch the target code for additional @@ -196,13 +195,6 @@ static __always_inline __pure bool _stat boot_cpu_has(bit) : \ _static_cpu_has(bit) \ ) -#else -/* - * Fall back to dynamic for gcc versions which don't support asm goto. Should be - * a minority now anyway. - */ -#define static_cpu_has(bit) boot_cpu_has(bit) -#endif #define cpu_has_bug(c, bit) cpu_has(c, (bit)) #define set_cpu_bug(c, bit) set_cpu_cap(c, (bit))