Commit a24e785111a3 ("i386: paravirt boot sequence") added this flag for
use by paravirtualized environments such as Xen. However, Xen never made
use of this flag [1], and it was only ever used by lguest [2].
Commit ecda85e70277 ("x86/lguest: Remove lguest support") removed
lguest, so KEEP_SEGMENTS has lost its last user.
Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/4D4B097C.5050405@xxxxxxxx
[2] https://www.mail-archive.com/lguest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg00469.html
---
Documentation/x86/boot.rst | 8 ++------
arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S | 8 --------
arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S | 8 --------
arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S | 6 ------
4 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.rst b/Documentation/x86/boot.rst
index c9c201596c3e..fa7ddc0428c8 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/boot.rst
+++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.rst
@@ -490,15 +490,11 @@ Protocol: 2.00+
kernel) to not write early messages that require
accessing the display hardware directly.
- Bit 6 (write): KEEP_SEGMENTS
+ Bit 6 (obsolete): KEEP_SEGMENTS
Protocol: 2.07+
- - If 0, reload the segment registers in the 32bit entry point.
- - If 1, do not reload the segment registers in the 32bit entry point.
-
- Assume that %cs %ds %ss %es are all set to flat segments with
- a base of 0 (or the equivalent for their environment).
+ - This flag is obsolete.
Bit 7 (write): CAN_USE_HEAP
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S
index 73f17d0544dd..cb2cb91fce45 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S
@@ -63,13 +63,6 @@
__HEAD
SYM_FUNC_START(startup_32)
cld
- /*
- * Test KEEP_SEGMENTS flag to see if the bootloader is asking
- * us to not reload segments
- */
- testb $KEEP_SEGMENTS, BP_loadflags(%esi)
- jnz 1f
-
cli
movl $__BOOT_DS, %eax
movl %eax, %ds
@@ -77,7 +70,6 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(startup_32)
movl %eax, %fs
movl %eax, %gs
movl %eax, %ss
-1:
/*
* Calculate the delta between where we were compiled to run
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
index 1f1f6c8139b3..bd44d89540d3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
@@ -53,19 +53,11 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(startup_32)
* all need to be under the 4G limit.
*/
cld
- /*
- * Test KEEP_SEGMENTS flag to see if the bootloader is asking
- * us to not reload segments
- */
- testb $KEEP_SEGMENTS, BP_loadflags(%esi)
- jnz 1f
-
cli
movl $(__BOOT_DS), %eax
movl %eax, %ds
movl %eax, %es
movl %eax, %ss
-1:
/*
* Calculate the delta between where we were compiled to run
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
index 3923ab4630d7..f66a6b90f954 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -67,11 +67,6 @@ __HEAD
SYM_CODE_START(startup_32)
movl pa(initial_stack),%ecx
- /* test KEEP_SEGMENTS flag to see if the bootloader is asking
- us to not reload segments */
- testb $KEEP_SEGMENTS, BP_loadflags(%esi)
- jnz 2f
-
/*
* Set segments to known values.
*/
@@ -82,7 +77,6 @@ SYM_CODE_START(startup_32)
movl %eax,%fs
movl %eax,%gs
movl %eax,%ss
-2:
leal -__PAGE_OFFSET(%ecx),%esp
/*
--
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