This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
x86/asm: Remove dead __GNUC__ conditionals
to the 5.0-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
x86-asm-remove-dead-__gnuc__-conditionals.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.0 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 88ca66d8540ca26119b1428cddb96b37925bdf01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 09:49:30 +0100
Subject: x86/asm: Remove dead __GNUC__ conditionals
From: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 88ca66d8540ca26119b1428cddb96b37925bdf01 upstream.
The minimum supported gcc version is >= 4.6, so these can be removed.
Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: x86-ml <x86@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190111084931.24601-1-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h | 6 ------
arch/x86/include/asm/string_32.h | 20 --------------------
arch/x86/include/asm/string_64.h | 15 ---------------
3 files changed, 41 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h
@@ -36,13 +36,7 @@
* bit 0 is the LSB of addr; bit 32 is the LSB of (addr+1).
*/
-#if __GNUC__ < 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 1)
-/* Technically wrong, but this avoids compilation errors on some gcc
- versions. */
-#define BITOP_ADDR(x) "=m" (*(volatile long *) (x))
-#else
#define BITOP_ADDR(x) "+m" (*(volatile long *) (x))
-#endif
#define ADDR BITOP_ADDR(addr)
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/string_32.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/string_32.h
@@ -179,14 +179,7 @@ static inline void *__memcpy3d(void *to,
* No 3D Now!
*/
-#if (__GNUC__ >= 4)
#define memcpy(t, f, n) __builtin_memcpy(t, f, n)
-#else
-#define memcpy(t, f, n) \
- (__builtin_constant_p((n)) \
- ? __constant_memcpy((t), (f), (n)) \
- : __memcpy((t), (f), (n)))
-#endif
#endif
#endif /* !CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE */
@@ -282,12 +275,7 @@ void *__constant_c_and_count_memset(void
{
int d0, d1;
-#if __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ == 0
- /* Workaround for broken gcc 4.0 */
- register unsigned long eax asm("%eax") = pattern;
-#else
unsigned long eax = pattern;
-#endif
switch (count % 4) {
case 0:
@@ -321,15 +309,7 @@ void *__constant_c_and_count_memset(void
#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET
extern void *memset(void *, int, size_t);
#ifndef CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE
-#if (__GNUC__ >= 4)
#define memset(s, c, count) __builtin_memset(s, c, count)
-#else
-#define memset(s, c, count) \
- (__builtin_constant_p(c) \
- ? __constant_c_x_memset((s), (0x01010101UL * (unsigned char)(c)), \
- (count)) \
- : __memset((s), (c), (count)))
-#endif
#endif /* !CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE */
#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET16
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/string_64.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/string_64.h
@@ -14,21 +14,6 @@
extern void *memcpy(void *to, const void *from, size_t len);
extern void *__memcpy(void *to, const void *from, size_t len);
-#ifndef CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE
-#if (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 3) || __GNUC__ < 4
-#define memcpy(dst, src, len) \
-({ \
- size_t __len = (len); \
- void *__ret; \
- if (__builtin_constant_p(len) && __len >= 64) \
- __ret = __memcpy((dst), (src), __len); \
- else \
- __ret = __builtin_memcpy((dst), (src), __len); \
- __ret; \
-})
-#endif
-#endif /* !CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE */
-
#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET
void *memset(void *s, int c, size_t n);
void *__memset(void *s, int c, size_t n);
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-5.0/x86-asm-remove-dead-__gnuc__-conditionals.patch
queue-5.0/lib-string.c-implement-a-basic-bcmp.patch
