linux-kernel - [patch 12/16] x86/entry/64: Simplify idtentry

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Message-Id: <20200225224145.339201840@linutronix.de>
Date:   Tue, 25 Feb 2020 23:33:33 +0100
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: [patch 12/16] x86/entry/64: Simplify idtentry_body

All C functions which do not have an error code have been converted to the
new IDTENTRY interface which does not expect an error code in the
arguments. Spare the XORL.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S |    2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -525,8 +525,6 @@ SYM_CODE_END(spurious_entries_start)
 	.if \has_error_code == 1
 		movq	ORIG_RAX(%rsp), %rsi	/* get error code into 2nd argument*/
 		movq	$-1, ORIG_RAX(%rsp)	/* no syscall to restart */
-	.else
-		xorl	%esi, %esi		/* Clear the error code */
 	.endif
 
 	.if \vector == X86_TRAP_PF