1 files changed, 0 insertions, 64 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 03b7c4ca425a..68ba42fdd184 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -678,70 +678,6 @@ static inline unsigned int cpuid_edx(unsigned int op)
 	return edx;
 }
 
-/*
- * This function forces the icache and prefetched instruction stream to
- * catch up with reality in two very specific cases:
- *
- *  a) Text was modified using one virtual address and is about to be executed
- *     from the same physical page at a different virtual address.
- *
- *  b) Text was modified on a different CPU, may subsequently be
- *     executed on this CPU, and you want to make sure the new version
- *     gets executed.  This generally means you're calling this in a IPI.
- *
- * If you're calling this for a different reason, you're probably doing
- * it wrong.
- */
-static inline void sync_core(void)
-{
-	/*
-	 * There are quite a few ways to do this.  IRET-to-self is nice
-	 * because it works on every CPU, at any CPL (so it's compatible
-	 * with paravirtualization), and it never exits to a hypervisor.
-	 * The only down sides are that it's a bit slow (it seems to be
-	 * a bit more than 2x slower than the fastest options) and that
-	 * it unmasks NMIs.  The "push %cs" is needed because, in
-	 * paravirtual environments, __KERNEL_CS may not be a valid CS
-	 * value when we do IRET directly.
-	 *
-	 * In case NMI unmasking or performance ever becomes a problem,
-	 * the next best option appears to be MOV-to-CR2 and an
-	 * unconditional jump.  That sequence also works on all CPUs,
-	 * but it will fault at CPL3 (i.e. Xen PV).
-	 *
-	 * CPUID is the conventional way, but it's nasty: it doesn't
-	 * exist on some 486-like CPUs, and it usually exits to a
-	 * hypervisor.
-	 *
-	 * Like all of Linux's memory ordering operations, this is a
-	 * compiler barrier as well.
-	 */
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-	asm volatile (
-		"pushfl\n\t"
-		"pushl %%cs\n\t"
-		"pushl $1f\n\t"
-		"iret\n\t"
-		"1:"
-		: ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT : : "memory");
-#else
-	unsigned int tmp;
-
-	asm volatile (
-		"mov %%ss, %0\n\t"
-		"pushq %q0\n\t"
-		"pushq %%rsp\n\t"
-		"addq $8, (%%rsp)\n\t"
-		"pushfq\n\t"
-		"mov %%cs, %0\n\t"
-		"pushq %q0\n\t"
-		"pushq $1f\n\t"
-		"iretq\n\t"
-		"1:"
-		: "=&r" (tmp), ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT : : "cc", "memory");
-#endif
-}
-
 extern void select_idle_routine(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
 extern void amd_e400_c1e_apic_setup(void);