linux-kernel - [PATCH -tip v2 1/2] x86/asm: Rename rep_nop() to native

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Message-ID: <20250418080805.83679-1-ubizjak@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 10:07:43 +0200
From: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>
To: x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: [PATCH -tip v2 1/2] x86/asm: Rename rep_nop() to native_pause()

Rename rep_nop() function to what it really does.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
---
v2: Rename rep_nop() to native_pause() first.
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/vdso/processor.h | 4 ++--
 arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c        | 2 +-
 arch/x86/lib/delay.c                  | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
index c9b2ba7a9ec4..895333b52cb3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLER__
 
 /* REP NOP (PAUSE) is a good thing to insert into busy-wait loops. */
-static __always_inline void rep_nop(void)
+static __always_inline void native_pause(void)
 {
 	asm volatile("rep; nop" ::: "memory");
 }
 
 static __always_inline void cpu_relax(void)
 {
-	rep_nop();
+	native_pause();
 }
 
 struct getcpu_cache;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
index eebc360ed1bb..ba5a4ccda37a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
@@ -1486,7 +1486,7 @@ static void __init delay_with_tsc(void)
 	 * 1 GHz == 40 jiffies
 	 */
 	do {
-		rep_nop();
+		native_pause();
 		now = rdtsc();
 	} while ((now - start) < 40000000000ULL / HZ &&	time_before_eq(jiffies, end));
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/delay.c b/arch/x86/lib/delay.c
index e86eda2c0b04..eb2d2e1cbddd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/delay.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/delay.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static void delay_tsc(u64 cycles)
 
 		/* Allow RT tasks to run */
 		preempt_enable();
-		rep_nop();
+		native_pause();
 		preempt_disable();
 
 		/*
-- 
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