linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 10/16] x86/percpu/64: Remove fixed_percpu

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Message-ID: <20240322165233.71698-11-brgerst@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 12:52:27 -0400
From: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>,
	David.Laight@...lab.com,
	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 10/16] x86/percpu/64: Remove fixed_percpu_data

Now that the stack protector canary value is a normal percpu variable,
fixed_percpu_data is unused and can be removed.

Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 8 --------
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c     | 4 ----
 arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S    | 1 -
 arch/x86/tools/relocs.c          | 1 -
 4 files changed, 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 40d6add8ff31..1f15a7bee876 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -386,14 +386,6 @@ struct irq_stack {
 } __aligned(IRQ_STACK_SIZE);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-struct fixed_percpu_data {
-	char		gs_base[40];
-	unsigned long	reserved;
-};
-
-DECLARE_PER_CPU_FIRST(struct fixed_percpu_data, fixed_percpu_data) __visible;
-DECLARE_INIT_PER_CPU(fixed_percpu_data);
-
 static inline unsigned long cpu_kernelmode_gs_base(int cpu)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index f49e8f5b858d..395a8831d507 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -1997,10 +1997,6 @@ EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(pcpu_hot);
 EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(const_pcpu_hot);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-DEFINE_PER_CPU_FIRST(struct fixed_percpu_data,
-		     fixed_percpu_data) __aligned(PAGE_SIZE) __visible;
-EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL(fixed_percpu_data);
-
 static void wrmsrl_cstar(unsigned long val)
 {
 	/*
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 0b152f96c24e..667202ebd37f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -473,7 +473,6 @@ SECTIONS
  */
 #define INIT_PER_CPU(x) init_per_cpu__##x = ABSOLUTE(x)
 INIT_PER_CPU(gdt_page);
-INIT_PER_CPU(fixed_percpu_data);
 INIT_PER_CPU(irq_stack_backing_store);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MITIGATION_UNRET_ENTRY
diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
index 016650ddaf7f..65e6f3d6d890 100644
--- a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
@@ -834,7 +834,6 @@ static void percpu_init(void)
  *	__per_cpu_load
  *
  * The "gold" linker incorrectly associates:
- *	init_per_cpu__fixed_percpu_data
  *	init_per_cpu__gdt_page
  */
 static int is_percpu_sym(ElfW(Sym) *sym, const char *symname)
-- 
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