linux-kernel - [tip: x86/cpu] x86/Kconfig: Drop vendor dependency for X86

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Date:   Tue, 10 Mar 2020 09:15:49 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Tony W Wang-oc" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Tony W Wang-oc" <TonyWWang-oc@...oxin.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [tip: x86/cpu] x86/Kconfig: Drop vendor dependency for X86_UMIP

The following commit has been merged into the x86/cpu branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     bdb04a1abbf92c998f1afb5f00a037f2edaec1f7
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/bdb04a1abbf92c998f1afb5f00a037f2edaec1f7
Author:        Tony W Wang-oc <TonyWWang-oc@...oxin.com>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 09 Mar 2020 14:06:30 +08:00
Committer:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
CommitterDate: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 10:10:53 +01:00

x86/Kconfig: Drop vendor dependency for X86_UMIP

Some Centaur family 7 CPUs and Zhaoxin family 7 CPUs support the UMIP
feature too. The text size growth which UMIP adds is ~1K and distro
kernels enable it anyway so remove the vendor dependency.

 [ bp: Rewrite commit message. ]

Signed-off-by: Tony W Wang-oc <TonyWWang-oc@...oxin.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1583733990-2587-1-git-send-email-TonyWWang-oc@zhaoxin.com
---
 arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index beea770..cb3633d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1875,7 +1875,6 @@ config X86_SMAP
 
 config X86_UMIP
 	def_bool y
-	depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL || CPU_SUP_AMD
 	prompt "User Mode Instruction Prevention" if EXPERT
 	---help---
 	  User Mode Instruction Prevention (UMIP) is a security feature in