x86/mpx: remove MPX from arch/x86

From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>

MPX is being removed from the kernel due to a lack of support
in the toolchain going forward (gcc).

This removes all the remaining (dead at this point) MPX handling
code remaining in the tree.  The only remaining code is the XSAVE
support for MPX state which is currently needd for KVM to handle
VMs which might use MPX.

Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: x86@kernel.org
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
This commit is contained in:
Dave Hansen
2020-01-23 10:41:20 -08:00
committed by Dave Hansen
parent 42222eae17
commit 45fc24e89b
15 changed files with 1 additions and 1567 deletions

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@@ -165,22 +165,6 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU_PAGE_ALIGNED(struct gdt_page, gdt_page) = { .gdt = {
} };
EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL(gdt_page);
static int __init x86_mpx_setup(char *s)
{
/* require an exact match without trailing characters */
if (strlen(s))
return 0;
/* do not emit a message if the feature is not present */
if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MPX))
return 1;
setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_MPX);
pr_info("nompx: Intel Memory Protection Extensions (MPX) disabled\n");
return 1;
}
__setup("nompx", x86_mpx_setup);
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
static int __init x86_nopcid_setup(char *s)
{
@@ -307,8 +291,6 @@ static inline void squash_the_stupid_serial_number(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
static __init int setup_disable_smep(char *arg)
{
setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_SMEP);
/* Check for things that depend on SMEP being enabled: */
check_mpx_erratum(&boot_cpu_data);
return 1;
}
__setup("nosmep", setup_disable_smep);