From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>, Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
"Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@infradead.org>,
Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>,
Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-coco@lists.linux.dev,
x86@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v1 05/14] x86/boot: call puts() from within die()
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:53:57 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260120195407.1163051-6-hpa@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260120195407.1163051-1-hpa@zytor.com>
Every call to die() has a call to puts() in front of it, which adds
unnecessary code bloat. Move the puts() into die() which, being a
noreturn function, is terminal and allows the compiler to not generate
unnecessary code around it.
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@zytor.com>
---
arch/x86/boot/boot.h | 2 +-
| 5 +++--
arch/x86/boot/main.c | 6 ++----
arch/x86/boot/pm.c | 6 ++----
4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/boot.h b/arch/x86/boot/boot.h
index 1f2b7252e387..b4eb8405ba55 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/boot.h
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/boot.h
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ void console_init(void);
void query_edd(void);
/* header.S */
-void __noreturn die(void);
+void __noreturn die(const char *msg);
/* memory.c */
void detect_memory(void);
--git a/arch/x86/boot/header.S b/arch/x86/boot/header.S
index 85a21d576f5b..5a54d33e51c2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/header.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/header.S
@@ -611,14 +611,15 @@ SETUP_SIGNATURE = 0x5a5aaa55
# Setup corrupt somehow...
setup_bad:
movl $setup_corrupt, %eax
- calll puts
# Fall through...
.globl die
.type die, @function
die:
+ calll puts
+1:
hlt
- jmp die
+ jmp 1b
.size die, .-die
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/main.c b/arch/x86/boot/main.c
index da01ade4959e..ad8869aad6db 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/main.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/main.c
@@ -143,10 +143,8 @@ void main(void)
init_heap();
/* Make sure we have all the proper CPU support */
- if (validate_cpu()) {
- puts("Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU.\n");
- die();
- }
+ if (validate_cpu())
+ die("Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU.\n");
/* Tell the BIOS what CPU mode we intend to run in */
set_bios_mode();
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/pm.c b/arch/x86/boot/pm.c
index 5941f930f6c5..3be89ba4b1b3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/pm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/pm.c
@@ -106,10 +106,8 @@ void go_to_protected_mode(void)
realmode_switch_hook();
/* Enable the A20 gate */
- if (enable_a20()) {
- puts("A20 gate not responding, unable to boot...\n");
- die();
- }
+ if (enable_a20())
+ die("A20 gate not responding, unable to boot...\n");
/* Reset coprocessor (IGNNE#) */
reset_coprocessor();
--
2.52.0
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Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20260119192923.651588-1-hpa@zytor.com>
2026-01-20 19:53 ` [PATCH v1 00/14] x86 boot code cleanups, batch 1 H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-20 19:53 ` [PATCH v1 01/14] x86/realmode: remove I/O port paravirtualization H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-20 21:47 ` David Laight
2026-01-21 12:27 ` Kiryl Shutsemau
2026-01-28 17:01 ` Borislav Petkov
2026-01-20 19:53 ` [PATCH v1 02/14] x86/realmode: make %gs == 0 an invariant H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-20 22:40 ` David Laight
2026-01-20 22:51 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-21 0:47 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-21 10:03 ` Uros Bizjak
2026-01-20 19:53 ` [PATCH v1 03/14] x86/boot: use <linux/compiler.h> H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-21 10:04 ` Uros Bizjak
2026-01-20 19:53 ` [PATCH v1 04/14] x86/boot: modernize the segment structure for the header and setup H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-20 19:53 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2026-01-21 10:07 ` [PATCH v1 05/14] x86/boot: call puts() from within die() Uros Bizjak
2026-01-20 19:53 ` [PATCH v1 06/14] x86/boot: add comment barriers for the different headers H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-20 19:53 ` [PATCH v1 07/14] x86/boot: factor out the 16-bit startup code from header.S H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-21 10:08 ` Uros Bizjak
2026-01-20 19:54 ` [PATCH v1 08/14] x86: make CONFIG_EFI_STUB unconditional H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-20 19:54 ` [PATCH v1 09/14] x86/boot: make the relocatable kernel unconditional H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-20 19:54 ` [PATCH v1 10/14] x86/boot: explicitly put the old command line pointer in header.S H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-20 19:54 ` [PATCH v1 11/14] x86/boot: use __seg_fs and __seg_gs in the real-mode boot code H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-21 8:56 ` Uros Bizjak
2026-01-21 9:40 ` Uros Bizjak
2026-01-21 15:13 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-21 16:03 ` Uros Bizjak
2026-01-22 18:57 ` [PATCH v1 08/14] x86: make CONFIG_EFI_STUB unconditional Simon Glass
2026-01-23 0:11 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-26 21:19 ` Simon Glass
2026-01-26 22:20 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-27 1:44 ` Simon Glass
2026-01-27 2:39 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-27 2:54 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-27 3:14 ` Simon Glass
2026-01-27 3:21 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-29 22:13 ` Simon Glass
2026-01-29 22:22 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-21 16:07 ` [PATCH v1 11/14] x86/boot: use __seg_fs and __seg_gs in the real-mode boot code Uros Bizjak
2026-01-20 19:54 ` [PATCH v1 12/14] x86/boot: tweak a20.c for better code generation H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-21 10:10 ` Uros Bizjak
2026-01-21 11:49 ` David Laight
2026-01-24 3:00 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2026-01-24 4:24 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-24 23:07 ` David Laight
2026-01-24 23:16 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-24 23:40 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-20 19:54 ` [PATCH v1 13/14] x86/boot: simplify x86/boot/cmdline.c by using __seg_fs H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-21 10:11 ` Uros Bizjak
2026-01-20 19:54 ` [PATCH v1 14/14] compiler-gcc: Remove obsolete RELOC_HIDE() macro H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-21 10:18 ` [PATCH v1 00/14] x86 boot code cleanups, batch 1 Uros Bizjak
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