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    Merge tag 'mpx-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/daveh/x86-mpx · ccaaaf6f
    Linus Torvalds authored
    Pull x86 MPX removal from Dave Hansen:
     "MPX requires recompiling applications, which requires compiler
      support. Unfortunately, GCC 9.1 is expected to be be released without
      support for MPX. This means that there was only a relatively small
      window where folks could have ever used MPX. It failed to gain wide
      adoption in the industry, and Linux was the only mainstream OS to ever
      support it widely.
    
      Support for the feature may also disappear on future processors.
    
      This set completes the process that we started during the 5.4 merge
      window when the MPX prctl()s were removed. XSAVE support is left in
      place, which allows MPX-using KVM guests to continue to function"
    
    * tag 'mpx-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/daveh/x86-mpx:
      x86/mpx: remove MPX from arch/x86
      mm: remove arch_bprm_mm_init() hook
      x86/mpx: remove bounds exception code
      x86/mpx: remove build infrastructure
      x86/alternatives: add missing insn.h include
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