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Message-ID: <164734104981.16921.1759267394464095618.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date:   Tue, 15 Mar 2022 10:44:09 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Andrew Cooper <Andrew.Cooper3@...rix.com>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/core] x86/entry: Cleanup PARAVIRT

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

Commit-ID:     6cf3e4c0d29102c74aca1ce0c1710be9d02e440e
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/6cf3e4c0d29102c74aca1ce0c1710be9d02e440e
Author:        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
AuthorDate:    Tue, 08 Mar 2022 16:30:21 +01:00
Committer:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CommitterDate: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 10:32:34 +01:00

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>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220308154317.756014488@infradead.org
---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
index 466df3e..22e4e9a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -608,8 +608,8 @@ SYM_INNER_LABEL(swapgs_restore_regs_and_return_to_usermode, SYM_L_GLOBAL)
 
 	/* Restore RDI. */
 	popq	%rdi
-	SWAPGS
-	INTERRUPT_RETURN
+	swapgs
+	jmp	native_iret
 
 
 SYM_INNER_LABEL(restore_regs_and_return_to_kernel, SYM_L_GLOBAL)