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x86/cpufeatures: Free up unused feature bits
Linux defined feature bits X86_FEATURE_P3 and X86_FEATURE_P4 are not used anywhere. Commit f31d731 ("x86: use X86_FEATURE_NOPL in alternatives") got rid of the last usage in 2008. Remove the related mappings and code. Just like all X86_FEATURE bits, the raw bit numbers can be exposed to userspace via MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(). There is a very small theoretical chance of userspace getting confused if these bits got reassigned and changed logical meaning. But these bits were never used for a device table, so it's highly unlikely this will ever happen in practice. [ dhansen: clarify userspace visibility of these bits ] Signed-off-by: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241107233000.2742619-1-sohil.mehta%40intel.com
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