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    x86/mpx: remove MPX from arch/x86 · 45fc24e8
    Dave Hansen authored
    From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
    
    MPX is being removed from the kernel due to a lack of support
    in the toolchain going forward (gcc).
    
    This removes all the remaining (dead at this point) MPX handling
    code remaining in the tree.  The only remaining code is the XSAVE
    support for MPX state which is currently needd for KVM to handle
    VMs which might use MPX.
    
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
    Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
    Cc: x86@kernel.org
    Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
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