From: Andy Lutomirski Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2015 13:24:29 -0700 Subject: [3/9] x86/asm/entry/64: Remove pointless jump to irq_return Origin: https://git.kernel.org/linus/5ca6f70f387b4f82903037cc3c5488e2c97dcdbc INTERRUPT_RETURN turns into a jmp instruction. There's no need for extra indirection. Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Cc: Andrew Morton Cc: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Borislav Petkov Cc: Brian Gerst Cc: Denys Vlasenko Cc: H. Peter Anvin Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Gleixner Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/2f2318653dbad284a59311f13f08cea71298fd7c.1433449436.git.luto@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar [bwh: Backported to 4.1: adjust filename, context] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S @@ -811,8 +811,6 @@ retint_kernel: restore_c_regs_and_iret: RESTORE_C_REGS REMOVE_PT_GPREGS_FROM_STACK 8 - -irq_return: INTERRUPT_RETURN ENTRY(native_iret) @@ -1658,7 +1656,7 @@ nmi_restore: /* Clear the NMI executing stack variable */ movq $0, 5*8(%rsp) - jmp irq_return + INTERRUPT_RETURN CFI_ENDPROC END(nmi)