linux-kernel - [tip: x86/asm] x86/entry: Remove unused argument %rsi passed to exc

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Message-ID: <169580231566.27769.3338218292814732836.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date:   Wed, 27 Sep 2023 08:11:55 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Xin Li (Intel)" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Xin Li (Intel)" <xin@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin (Intel)" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/asm] x86/entry: Remove unused argument %rsi passed to exc_nmi()

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

Commit-ID:     da4aff622a7ae424a0292d7288744692fca34319
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/da4aff622a7ae424a0292d7288744692fca34319
Author:        Xin Li (Intel) <xin@...or.com>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 25 Sep 2023 23:13:19 -07:00
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 10:04:54 +02:00

x86/entry: Remove unused argument %rsi passed to exc_nmi()

exc_nmi() only takes one argument of type struct pt_regs *, but
asm_exc_nmi() calls it with 2 arguments. The second one passed
in %rsi seems to be a leftover, so simply remove it.

Signed-off-by: Xin Li (Intel) <xin@...or.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@...or.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230926061319.1929127-1-xin@zytor.com
---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
index 43606de..fb8dd56 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -1237,7 +1237,6 @@ SYM_CODE_START(asm_exc_nmi)
 	 */
 
 	movq	%rsp, %rdi
-	movq	$-1, %rsi
 	call	exc_nmi
 
 	/*
@@ -1451,7 +1450,6 @@ end_repeat_nmi:
 	UNWIND_HINT_REGS
 
 	movq	%rsp, %rdi
-	movq	$-1, %rsi
 	call	exc_nmi
 
 	/* Always restore stashed SPEC_CTRL value (see paranoid_entry) */