[PATCH] x86/boot: Remove x86_32 PIC using ebx workaround

From: Uros Bizjak
Date: Fri Nov 04 2022 - 08:46:05 EST


Current minimum required version of GCC is version 5.1 which allows
reuse of PIC hard register on x86/x86-64 targets [1]. Remove
obsolete workaround that was needed for earlier GCC versions.

[1] https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-5/changes.html

Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/boot/cpuflags.c | 15 +++------------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/cpuflags.c b/arch/x86/boot/cpuflags.c
index a83d67ec627d..d75237ba7ce9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/cpuflags.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/cpuflags.c
@@ -64,20 +64,11 @@ int has_eflag(unsigned long mask)
return !!((f0^f1) & mask);
}

-/* Handle x86_32 PIC using ebx. */
-#if defined(__i386__) && defined(__PIC__)
-# define EBX_REG "=r"
-#else
-# define EBX_REG "=b"
-#endif
-
void cpuid_count(u32 id, u32 count, u32 *a, u32 *b, u32 *c, u32 *d)
{
- asm volatile(".ifnc %%ebx,%3 ; movl %%ebx,%3 ; .endif \n\t"
- "cpuid \n\t"
- ".ifnc %%ebx,%3 ; xchgl %%ebx,%3 ; .endif \n\t"
- : "=a" (*a), "=c" (*c), "=d" (*d), EBX_REG (*b)
- : "a" (id), "c" (count)
+ asm volatile("cpuid"
+ : "=a" (*a), "=b" (*b), "=c" (*c), "=d" (*d)
+ : "0" (id), "2" (count)
);
}

--
2.37.3