linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] x86/paravirt: remove no longer needed paravirt patching code

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Message-ID: <20231016143016.GF33217@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Mon, 16 Oct 2023 16:30:16 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Ajay Kaher <akaher@...are.com>,
        Alexey Makhalov <amakhalov@...are.com>,
        VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@...are.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] x86/paravirt: remove no longer needed paravirt
 patching code

On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 02:39:33PM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
> Now that paravirt is using the alternatives patching infrastructure,
> remove the paravirt patching code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h       | 18 --------
>  arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h | 40 ----------------
>  arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h  | 12 -----
>  arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c         | 66 +--------------------------
>  arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c            | 30 ------------
>  arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S         | 13 ------
>  arch/x86/tools/relocs.c               |  2 +-
>  7 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 178 deletions(-)

More - more better! :-)

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>