linux-kernel - [patch 08/29] x86/cpu: Remove pointless evaluation of x86_coreid

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Message-ID: <20230724172844.162323021@linutronix.de>
Date:   Mon, 24 Jul 2023 19:44:03 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>,
        Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Dick Kennedy <dick.kennedy@...adcom.com>,
        James Smart <james.smart@...adcom.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org,
        Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
        Huang Rui <ray.huang@....com>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Steve Wahl <steve.wahl@....com>,
        Mike Travis <mike.travis@....com>,
        Dimitri Sivanich <dimitri.sivanich@....com>,
        Russ Anderson <russ.anderson@....com>
Subject: [patch 08/29] x86/cpu: Remove pointless evaluation of x86_coreid_bits

cpuinfo_x86::x86_coreid_bits is only used by the AMD numa topology code. No
point in evaluating it on non AMD systems.

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c   |   13 -------------
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/zhaoxin.c |   14 --------------
 2 files changed, 27 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -488,19 +488,6 @@ static void early_init_intel(struct cpui
 		setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_PGE);
 	}
 
-	if (c->cpuid_level >= 0x00000001) {
-		u32 eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
-
-		cpuid(0x00000001, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
-		/*
-		 * If HTT (EDX[28]) is set EBX[16:23] contain the number of
-		 * apicids which are reserved per package. Store the resulting
-		 * shift value for the package management code.
-		 */
-		if (edx & (1U << 28))
-			c->x86_coreid_bits = get_count_order((ebx >> 16) & 0xff);
-	}
-
 	check_memory_type_self_snoop_errata(c);
 
 	/*
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/zhaoxin.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/zhaoxin.c
@@ -65,20 +65,6 @@ static void early_init_zhaoxin(struct cp
 		set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC);
 		set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_NONSTOP_TSC);
 	}
-
-	if (c->cpuid_level >= 0x00000001) {
-		u32 eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
-
-		cpuid(0x00000001, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
-		/*
-		 * If HTT (EDX[28]) is set EBX[16:23] contain the number of
-		 * apicids which are reserved per package. Store the resulting
-		 * shift value for the package management code.
-		 */
-		if (edx & (1U << 28))
-			c->x86_coreid_bits = get_count_order((ebx >> 16) & 0xff);
-	}
-
 }
 
 static void init_zhaoxin(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)