The following commit has been merged into the x86/boot branch of tip:
Commit-ID: ff4c0560ab020d34baf0aa6434f66333d25ae524
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/ff4c0560ab020d34baf0aa6434f66333d25ae524
Author: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
AuthorDate: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:13:00 +02:00
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
CommitterDate: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:12:01 +02:00
x86/asm: Retire RIP_REL_REF()
Now that all users have been moved into startup/ where PIC codegen is
used, RIP_REL_REF() is no longer needed. Remove it.
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Cc: Dionna Amalie Glaze <dionnaglaze@google.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Kevin Loughlin <kevinloughlin@google.com>
Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250418141253.2601348-14-ardb+git@google.com
---
arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h | 5 -----
1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h
index a9f0779..eef0771 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h
@@ -120,11 +120,6 @@ static __always_inline __pure void *rip_rel_ptr(void *p)
return p;
}
-#ifndef __pic__
-#define RIP_REL_REF(var) (*(typeof(&(var)))rip_rel_ptr(&(var)))
-#else
-#define RIP_REL_REF(var) (var)
-#endif
#endif
/*