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[PATCHv4 21/33] x86/asm: remove __VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT==47 assert

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We don't need it anymore. 17be0aec74fb ("x86/asm/entry/64: Implement
better check for canonical addresses") made canonical address check
generic wrt. address width.

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
index 044d18ebc43c..f07b4efb34d5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -265,12 +265,9 @@ return_from_SYSCALL_64:
 	 *
 	 * If width of "canonical tail" ever becomes variable, this will need
 	 * to be updated to remain correct on both old and new CPUs.
+	 *
+	 * Change top 16 bits to be the sign-extension of 47th bit
 	 */
-	.ifne __VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT - 47
-	.error "virtual address width changed -- SYSRET checks need update"
-	.endif
-
-	/* Change top 16 bits to be the sign-extension of 47th bit */
 	shl	$(64 - (__VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT+1)), %rcx
 	sar	$(64 - (__VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT+1)), %rcx
 
-- 
2.11.0

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[PATCHv4 00/33] 5-level paging "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2017-03-06 15:10 +0100
  [PATCHv4 01/33] x86/cpufeature: Add 5-level paging detection "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2017-03-06 15:10 +0100
  [PATCHv4 14/33] x86/kexec: support p4d_t "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2017-03-06 15:10 +0100
  [PATCHv4 18/33] x86/xen: convert __xen_pgd_walk() and xen_cleanmfnmap() to support p4d "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2017-03-06 15:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCHv4 18/33] x86/xen: convert __xen_pgd_walk() and  xen_cleanmfnmap() to support p4d Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2017-03-06 21:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCHv4 18/33] x86/xen: convert __xen_pgd_walk() and  xen_cleanmfnmap() to support p4d "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name> - 2017-03-07 14:10 +0100
        Re: [PATCHv4 18/33] x86/xen: convert __xen_pgd_walk() and  xen_cleanmfnmap() to support p4d Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2017-03-07 19:20 +0100
          Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCHv4 18/33] x86/xen: convert __xen_pgd_walk() and  xen_cleanmfnmap() to support p4d Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com> - 2017-03-07 19:30 +0100
            Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCHv4 18/33] x86/xen: convert __xen_pgd_walk() and  xen_cleanmfnmap() to support p4d Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2017-03-07 20:30 +0100
  [PATCHv4 30/33] x86/mm: make kernel_physical_mapping_init() support 5-level paging "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2017-03-06 15:10 +0100
  [PATCHv4 21/33] x86/asm: remove __VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT==47 assert "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2017-03-06 15:10 +0100
  [PATCHv4 08/33] x86: basic changes into headers for 5-level paging "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2017-03-06 15:10 +0100
  [PATCHv4 16/33] x86/mm/pat: handle additional page table "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2017-03-06 15:10 +0100
  [PATCHv4 05/33] asm-generic: introduce <asm-generic/pgtable-nop4d.h> "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2017-03-06 15:10 +0100
  [PATCHv4 15/33] x86/efi: handle p4d in EFI pagetables "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2017-03-06 15:10 +0100
  [PATCHv4 19/33] x86: convert the rest of the code to support p4d_t "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2017-03-06 15:10 +0100
  [PATCHv4 20/33] x86: detect 5-level paging support "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2017-03-06 15:10 +0100
  [PATCHv4 07/33] mm: introduce __p4d_alloc() "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2017-03-06 15:10 +0100
  [PATCHv4 27/33] x86/espfix: support 5-level paging "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2017-03-06 15:10 +0100
  [PATCHv4 13/33] x86/power: support p4d_t in hibernate code "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2017-03-06 15:10 +0100
  [PATCHv4 02/33] asm-generic: introduce 5level-fixup.h "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2017-03-06 15:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCHv4 00/33] 5-level paging Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-03-06 19:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCHv4 00/33] 5-level paging Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-03-06 19:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCHv4 00/33] 5-level paging Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-03-06 20:10 +0100
        Re: [PATCHv4 00/33] 5-level paging "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name> - 2017-03-06 20:10 +0100
          Re: [PATCHv4 00/33] 5-level paging Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-03-06 20:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCHv4 00/33] 5-level paging Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> - 2017-03-07 02:30 +0100
        Re: [PATCHv4 00/33] 5-level paging Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-03-07 11:20 +0100

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