linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.15 10/78] x86/retpoline: Remove unused replacement symbols

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Date:   Tue, 12 Jul 2022 20:38:40 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5.15 10/78] x86/retpoline: Remove unused replacement symbols

From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>

commit 4fe79e710d9574a14993f8b4e16b7252da72d5e8 upstream.

Now that objtool no longer creates alternatives, these replacement
symbols are no longer needed, remove them.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Tested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211026120309.915051744@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...onical.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/asm-prototypes.h |   10 --------
 arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S              |   42 ----------------------------------
 2 files changed, 52 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/asm-prototypes.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/asm-prototypes.h
@@ -24,14 +24,4 @@ extern void cmpxchg8b_emu(void);
 	extern asmlinkage void __x86_indirect_thunk_ ## reg (void);
 #include <asm/GEN-for-each-reg.h>
 
-#undef GEN
-#define GEN(reg) \
-	extern asmlinkage void __x86_indirect_alt_call_ ## reg (void);
-#include <asm/GEN-for-each-reg.h>
-
-#undef GEN
-#define GEN(reg) \
-	extern asmlinkage void __x86_indirect_alt_jmp_ ## reg (void);
-#include <asm/GEN-for-each-reg.h>
-
 #endif /* CONFIG_RETPOLINE */
--- a/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S
@@ -41,36 +41,6 @@ SYM_FUNC_END(__x86_indirect_thunk_\reg)
 .endm
 
 /*
- * This generates .altinstr_replacement symbols for use by objtool. They,
- * however, must not actually live in .altinstr_replacement since that will be
- * discarded after init, but module alternatives will also reference these
- * symbols.
- *
- * Their names matches the "__x86_indirect_" prefix to mark them as retpolines.
- */
-.macro ALT_THUNK reg
-
-	.align 1
-
-SYM_FUNC_START_NOALIGN(__x86_indirect_alt_call_\reg)
-	ANNOTATE_RETPOLINE_SAFE
-1:	call	*%\reg
-2:	.skip	5-(2b-1b), 0x90
-SYM_FUNC_END(__x86_indirect_alt_call_\reg)
-
-STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD(__x86_indirect_alt_call_\reg)
-
-SYM_FUNC_START_NOALIGN(__x86_indirect_alt_jmp_\reg)
-	ANNOTATE_RETPOLINE_SAFE
-1:	jmp	*%\reg
-2:	.skip	5-(2b-1b), 0x90
-SYM_FUNC_END(__x86_indirect_alt_jmp_\reg)
-
-STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD(__x86_indirect_alt_jmp_\reg)
-
-.endm
-
-/*
  * Despite being an assembler file we can't just use .irp here
  * because __KSYM_DEPS__ only uses the C preprocessor and would
  * only see one instance of "__x86_indirect_thunk_\reg" rather
@@ -92,15 +62,3 @@ STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD(__x86_indirect_
 #undef GEN
 #define GEN(reg) EXPORT_THUNK(reg)
 #include <asm/GEN-for-each-reg.h>
-
-#undef GEN
-#define GEN(reg) ALT_THUNK reg
-#include <asm/GEN-for-each-reg.h>
-
-#undef GEN
-#define GEN(reg) __EXPORT_THUNK(__x86_indirect_alt_call_ ## reg)
-#include <asm/GEN-for-each-reg.h>
-
-#undef GEN
-#define GEN(reg) __EXPORT_THUNK(__x86_indirect_alt_jmp_ ## reg)
-#include <asm/GEN-for-each-reg.h>