linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 26/39] x86/entry: Cleanup PARAVIRT

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Message-ID: <20220224151323.541791174@infradead.org>
Date:   Thu, 24 Feb 2022 15:52:04 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     x86@...nel.org, joao@...rdrivepizza.com, hjl.tools@...il.com,
        jpoimboe@...hat.com, andrew.cooper3@...rix.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org,
        ndesaulniers@...gle.com, keescook@...omium.org,
        samitolvanen@...gle.com, mark.rutland@....com,
        alyssa.milburn@...el.com, mbenes@...e.cz, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        mhiramat@...nel.org, alexei.starovoitov@...il.com,
        Andrew Cooper <Andrew.Cooper3@...rix.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 26/39] x86/entry: Cleanup PARAVIRT

Since commit 5c8f6a2e316e ("x86/xen: Add
xenpv_restore_regs_and_return_to_usermode()") Xen will no longer reach
this code and we can do away with the paravirt
SWAPGS/INTERRUPT_RETURN.

Suggested-by: Andrew Cooper <Andrew.Cooper3@...rix.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -619,8 +619,8 @@ SYM_INNER_LABEL(swapgs_restore_regs_and_
 
 	/* Restore RDI. */
 	popq	%rdi
-	SWAPGS
-	INTERRUPT_RETURN
+	swapgs
+	jmp	native_iret
 
 
 SYM_INNER_LABEL(restore_regs_and_return_to_kernel, SYM_L_GLOBAL)