linux-kernel - [PATCH] Removing a dead definition or RSB_FILL

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Date:   Thu, 26 Dec 2019 12:45:12 -0800
From:   Anthony Steinhauser <asteinhauser@...gle.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de, tglx@...utronix.de,
        Anthony Steinhauser <asteinhauser@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] Removing a dead definition or RSB_FILL_LOOPS

It is never used, but it is misleading.
Signed-off-by: Anthony Steinhauser <asteinhauser@...gle.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
index 5c24a7b35166..07e95dcb40ad 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
  */
 
 #define RSB_CLEAR_LOOPS		32	/* To forcibly overwrite all entries */
-#define RSB_FILL_LOOPS		16	/* To avoid underflow */
 
 /*
  * Google experimented with loop-unrolling and this turned out to be
-- 
2.24.1.735.g03f4e72817-goog