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    Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip · 5778077d
    Linus Torvalds authored
    Pull x86 asm changes from Ingo Molnar:
     "The biggest changes in this cycle were:
    
       - Revamp, simplify (and in some cases fix) Time Stamp Counter (TSC)
         primitives.  (Andy Lutomirski)
    
       - Add new, comprehensible entry and exit handlers written in C.
         (Andy Lutomirski)
    
       - vm86 mode cleanups and fixes.  (Brian Gerst)
    
       - 32-bit compat code cleanups.  (Brian Gerst)
    
      The amount of simplification in low level assembly code is already
      palpable:
    
         arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S                          | 130 +----
         arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S                          | 197 ++-----
    
      but more simplifications are planned.
    
      There's also the usual laudry mix of low level changes - see the
      changelog for details"
    
    * 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (83 commits)
      x86/asm: Drop repeated macro of X86_EFLAGS_AC definition
      x86/asm/msr: Make wrmsrl() a function
      x86/asm/delay: Introduce an MWAITX-based delay with a configurable timer
      x86/asm: Add MONITORX/MWAITX instruction support
      x86/traps: Weaken context tracking entry assertions
      x86/asm/tsc: Add rdtscll() merge helper
      selftests/x86: Add syscall_nt selftest
      selftests/x86: Disable sigreturn_64
      x86/vdso: Emit a GNU hash
      x86/entry: Remove do_notify_resume(), syscall_trace_leave(), and their TIF masks
      x86/entry/32: Migrate to C exit path
      x86/entry/32: Remove 32-bit syscall audit optimizations
      x86/vm86: Rename vm86->v86flags and v86mask
      x86/vm86: Rename vm86->vm86_info to user_vm86
      x86/vm86: Clean up vm86.h includes
      x86/vm86: Move the vm86 IRQ definitions to vm86.h
      x86/vm86: Use the normal pt_regs area for vm86
      x86/vm86: Eliminate 'struct kernel_vm86_struct'
      x86/vm86: Move fields from 'struct kernel_vm86_struct' to 'struct vm86'
      x86/vm86: Move vm86 fields out of 'thread_struct'
      ...
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