linux-kernel - [tip: timers/vdso] x86/vdso: Delete vvar.h

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Message-ID: <173054220820.3137.14790734515673146742.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2024 10:10:08 -0000
From:
 tip-bot2 for Thomas Weißschuh <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc: thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
 x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: timers/vdso] x86/vdso: Delete vvar.h

The following commit has been merged into the timers/vdso branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     9c2632421d563e51fcddc47cf56c966f6dc6c4bd
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/9c2632421d563e51fcddc47cf56c966f6dc6c4bd
Author:        Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 10 Oct 2024 09:01:21 +02:00
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitterDate: Sat, 02 Nov 2024 11:05:15 +01:00

x86/vdso: Delete vvar.h

All users have been removed.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241010-vdso-generic-base-v1-19-b64f0842d512@linutronix.de

---
 arch/x86/include/asm/vvar.h | 66 +------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 66 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 arch/x86/include/asm/vvar.h

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vvar.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vvar.h
deleted file mode 100644
index d95cf92..0000000
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vvar.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
-/*
- * vvar.h: Shared vDSO/kernel variable declarations
- * Copyright (c) 2011 Andy Lutomirski
- *
- * A handful of variables are accessible (read-only) from userspace
- * code in the vsyscall page and the vdso.  They are declared here.
- * Some other file must define them with DEFINE_VVAR.
- *
- * In normal kernel code, they are used like any other variable.
- * In user code, they are accessed through the VVAR macro.
- *
- * These variables live in a page of kernel data that has an extra RO
- * mapping for userspace.  Each variable needs a unique offset within
- * that page; specify that offset with the DECLARE_VVAR macro.  (If
- * you mess up, the linker will catch it.)
- */
-
-#ifndef _ASM_X86_VVAR_H
-#define _ASM_X86_VVAR_H
-
-#ifdef EMIT_VVAR
-/*
- * EMIT_VVAR() is used by the kernel linker script to put vvars in the
- * right place. Also, it's used by kernel code to import offsets values.
- */
-#define DECLARE_VVAR(offset, type, name) \
-	EMIT_VVAR(name, offset)
-#define DECLARE_VVAR_SINGLE(offset, type, name) \
-	EMIT_VVAR(name, offset)
-
-#else
-
-extern char __vvar_page;
-
-#define DECLARE_VVAR(offset, type, name)				\
-	extern type vvar_ ## name[CS_BASES]				\
-	__attribute__((visibility("hidden")));				\
-	extern type timens_ ## name[CS_BASES]				\
-	__attribute__((visibility("hidden")));				\
-
-#define DECLARE_VVAR_SINGLE(offset, type, name)				\
-	extern type vvar_ ## name					\
-	__attribute__((visibility("hidden")));				\
-
-#define VVAR(name) (vvar_ ## name)
-#define TIMENS(name) (timens_ ## name)
-
-#define DEFINE_VVAR(type, name)						\
-	type name[CS_BASES]						\
-	__attribute__((section(".vvar_" #name), aligned(16))) __visible
-
-#define DEFINE_VVAR_SINGLE(type, name)					\
-	type name							\
-	__attribute__((section(".vvar_" #name), aligned(16))) __visible
-
-#endif
-
-/* DECLARE_VVAR(offset, type, name) */
-
-DECLARE_VVAR(0, struct vdso_data, _vdso_data)
-
-#undef DECLARE_VVAR
-#undef DECLARE_VVAR_SINGLE
-
-#endif