Patch "sparc64: Delete now unused user copy assembler helpers." has been added to the 4.4-stable tree

Patch "sparc64: Delete now unused user copy assembler helpers." has been added to the 4.4-stable tree

[gregkh]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    sparc64: Delete now unused user copy assembler helpers.

to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     sparc64-delete-now-unused-user-copy-assembler-helpers.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.


>From foo@baz Sat Nov 19 09:52:37 CET 2016
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 21:22:27 -0700
Subject: sparc64: Delete now unused user copy assembler helpers.

From: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>


[ Upstream commit 614da3d9685b67917cab48c8452fd8bf93de0867 ]

All of __ret{,l}_mone{_asi,_fp,_asi_fpu} are now unused.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 arch/sparc/kernel/head_64.S |   30 ------------------------------
 1 file changed, 30 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -927,36 +927,6 @@ ENTRY(__retl_efault)
 	 mov	-EFAULT, %o0
 ENDPROC(__retl_efault)
 
-ENTRY(__retl_mone)
-	retl
-	 mov	-1, %o0
-ENDPROC(__retl_mone)
-
-ENTRY(__retl_mone_fp)
-	VISExitHalf
-	retl
-	 mov	1, %o0
-ENDPROC(__retl_mone_fp)
-
-ENTRY(__ret_mone_asi)
-	wr	%g0, ASI_AIUS, %asi
-	ret
-	 restore %g0, 1, %o0
-ENDPROC(__ret_mone_asi)
-
-ENTRY(__retl_mone_asi)
-	wr	%g0, ASI_AIUS, %asi
-	retl
-	 mov	1, %o0
-ENDPROC(__retl_mone_asi)
-
-ENTRY(__retl_mone_asi_fp)
-	wr	%g0, ASI_AIUS, %asi
-	VISExitHalf
-	retl
-	 mov	1, %o0
-ENDPROC(__retl_mone_asi_fp)
-
 ENTRY(__retl_o1)
 	retl
 	 mov	%o1, %o0


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from davem@davemloft.net are

queue-4.4/sparc64-delete-now-unused-user-copy-fixup-functions.patch
queue-4.4/net-__skb_flow_dissect-must-cap-its-return-value.patch
queue-4.4/tcp-take-care-of-truncations-done-by-sk_filter.patch
queue-4.4/net-clear-sk_err_soft-in-sk_clone_lock.patch
queue-4.4/sparc64-convert-copy_in_user-to-accurate-exception-reporting.patch
queue-4.4/sparc64-handle-extremely-large-kernel-tlb-range-flushes-more-gracefully.patch
queue-4.4/sparc-handle-negative-offsets-in-arch_jump_label_transform.patch
queue-4.4/sparc64-delete-__ret_efault.patch
queue-4.4/dctcp-avoid-bogus-doubling-of-cwnd-after-loss.patch
queue-4.4/sparc64-delete-now-unused-user-copy-assembler-helpers.patch
queue-4.4/net-mangle-zero-checksum-in-skb_checksum_help.patch
queue-4.4/sparc64-mm-fix-base-tsb-sizing-when-hugetlb-pages-are-used.patch
queue-4.4/ip6_tunnel-clear-ip6cb-in-ip6tunnel_xmit.patch
queue-4.4/sctp-assign-assoc_id-earlier-in-__sctp_connect.patch
queue-4.4/sparc64-convert-ng4copy_-from-to-_user-to-accurate-exception-reporting.patch
queue-4.4/ipv6-dccp-fix-out-of-bound-access-in-dccp_v6_err.patch
queue-4.4/sparc64-convert-u3copy_-from-to-_user-to-accurate-exception-reporting.patch
queue-4.4/sparc64-convert-ng2copy_-from-to-_user-to-accurate-exception-reporting.patch
queue-4.4/sparc64-fix-illegal-relative-branches-in-hypervisor-patched-tlb-code.patch
queue-4.4/sparc64-convert-gencopy_-from-to-_user-to-accurate-exception-reporting.patch
queue-4.4/sparc64-convert-u1copy_-from-to-_user-to-accurate-exception-reporting.patch
queue-4.4/sparc-don-t-leak-context-bits-into-thread-fault_address.patch
queue-4.4/sparc64-prepare-to-move-to-more-saner-user-copy-exception-handling.patch
queue-4.4/bgmac-stop-clearing-dma-receive-control-register-right-after-it-is-set.patch
queue-4.4/ipv6-dccp-add-missing-bind_conflict-to-dccp_ipv6_mapped.patch
queue-4.4/tcp-fix-potential-memory-corruption.patch
queue-4.4/sparc64-convert-ngcopy_-from-to-_user-to-accurate-exception-reporting.patch
queue-4.4/fib_trie-correct-proc-net-route-off-by-one-error.patch
queue-4.4/sparc64-fix-illegal-relative-branches-in-hypervisor-patched-tlb-cross-call-code.patch
queue-4.4/sparc64-handle-extremely-large-kernel-tsb-range-flushes-sanely.patch
queue-4.4/sparc64-fix-instruction-count-in-comment-for-__hypervisor_flush_tlb_pending.patch
queue-4.4/sparc-serial-sunhv-fix-a-double-lock-bug.patch
queue-4.4/dccp-do-not-send-reset-to-already-closed-sockets.patch
queue-4.4/ipv4-use-new_gw-for-redirect-neigh-lookup.patch
queue-4.4/dccp-fix-out-of-bound-access-in-dccp_v4_err.patch
queue-4.4/sock-fix-sendmmsg-for-partial-sendmsg.patch