[PATCH] arm64: barrier: Remove spec_bar() macro

[Mark Rutland]

On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 03:13:04PM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:
> The spec_bar() macro was introduced in
> commit bd4fb6d270bc ("arm64: Add support for SB barrier and patch in over DSB; ISB sequences")
> as a way for C to insert a speculation barrier and was then
> used in one single place: set_fs().
> 
> Later on
> commit 3d2403fd10a1 ("arm64: uaccess: remove set_fs()")
> deleted set_fs() altogether and as noted in the commit
> on the new path the regular sb() assembly macro will
> be used.
> 
> Delete the remnant.
> 
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
> Fixes: 3d2403fd10a1 ("arm64: uaccess: remove set_fs()")
> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>

I think this is a cleanup rather than a fix, so we don't need the fixes
tag. I don't have a problem with this going, so with the fixes tag
removed:

Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>

Mark.

> ---
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h | 4 ----
>  1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h
> index c3009b0e5239..bab29932d21b 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h
> @@ -25,10 +25,6 @@
>  #define psb_csync()	asm volatile("hint #17" : : : "memory")
>  #define csdb()		asm volatile("hint #20" : : : "memory")
>  
> -#define spec_bar()	asm volatile(ALTERNATIVE("dsb nsh\nisb\n",		\
> -						 SB_BARRIER_INSN"nop\n",	\
> -						 ARM64_HAS_SB))
> -
>  #ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI
>  #define pmr_sync()						\
>  	do {							\
> -- 
> 2.29.2
>