[PATCH 10/11] x86/fpu: Remove unnecessary CPUID level check

Dave Hansen posted 11 patches 3 weeks, 4 days ago
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[PATCH 10/11] x86/fpu: Remove unnecessary CPUID level check
Posted by Dave Hansen 3 weeks, 4 days ago

From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>

The CPUID level dependency table will entirely zap X86_FEATURE_XSAVE
if the CPUID level is too low.  This code is unreachable.  Kill it.

Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
---

 b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c |    5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff -puN arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c~xsave-leaf-checks-2 arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c~xsave-leaf-checks-2	2024-10-30 12:26:58.838215576 -0700
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c	2024-10-30 12:26:58.842215584 -0700
@@ -764,11 +764,6 @@ void __init fpu__init_system_xstate(unsi
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (boot_cpu_data.cpuid_level < XSTATE_CPUID) {
-		WARN_ON_FPU(1);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * Find user xstates supported by the processor.
 	 */
_