diff options
author | Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com> | 2024-11-07 23:30:00 +0000 |
---|---|---|
committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2024-12-06 10:57:44 +0100 |
commit | 7a470e826d7521bec6af789deab31cfa4fd05af3 (patch) | |
tree | 2eb5e47345c02b06ec954bfc7b2602a6bc513a66 /tools/perf/scripts/python/task-analyzer.py | |
parent | b8f52214c61a5b99a54168145378e91b40d10c90 (diff) |
x86/cpufeatures: Free up unused feature bits
Linux defined feature bits X86_FEATURE_P3 and X86_FEATURE_P4 are not
used anywhere. Commit f31d731e4467 ("x86: use X86_FEATURE_NOPL in
alternatives") got rid of the last usage in 2008. Remove the related
mappings and code.
Just like all X86_FEATURE bits, the raw bit numbers can be exposed to
userspace via MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(). There is a very small theoretical
chance of userspace getting confused if these bits got reassigned and
changed logical meaning. But these bits were never used for a device
table, so it's highly unlikely this will ever happen in practice.
[ dhansen: clarify userspace visibility of these bits ]
Signed-off-by: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241107233000.2742619-1-sohil.mehta%40intel.com
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/scripts/python/task-analyzer.py')
0 files changed, 0 insertions, 0 deletions