linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 6/6] x86/asm: Retire RIP_REL

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Message-ID: <20250418141253.2601348-14-ardb+git@google.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:13:00 +0200
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+git@...gle.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, mingo@...nel.org, 
	Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>, 
	Dionna Amalie Glaze <dionnaglaze@...gle.com>, Kevin Loughlin <kevinloughlin@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 6/6] x86/asm: Retire RIP_REL_REF()

From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>

Now that all users have been moved into startup/ where PIC codegen is
used, RIP_REL_REF() is no longer needed. Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h
index a9f07799e337..eef0771512de 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h
@@ -120,11 +120,6 @@ static __always_inline __pure void *rip_rel_ptr(void *p)
 
 	return p;
 }
-#ifndef __pic__
-#define RIP_REL_REF(var)	(*(typeof(&(var)))rip_rel_ptr(&(var)))
-#else
-#define RIP_REL_REF(var)	(var)
-#endif
 #endif
 
 /*
-- 
2.49.0.805.g082f7c87e0-goog