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    x86/cpufeatures: Remove get_scattered_cpuid_leaf() · 43500e6f
    Sean Christopherson authored
    get_scattered_cpuid_leaf() was added[1] to help KVM rebuild hardware-
    defined leafs that are rearranged by Linux to avoid bloating the
    x86_capability array. Eventually, the last consumer of the function was
    removed[2], but the function itself was kept, perhaps even intentionally
    as a form of documentation.
    
    Remove get_scattered_cpuid_leaf() as it is currently not used by KVM.
    Furthermore, simply rebuilding the "real" leaf does not resolve all of
    KVM's woes when it comes to exposing a scattered CPUID feature, i.e.
    keeping the function as documentation may be counter-productive in some
    scenarios, e.g. when KVM needs to do more than simply expose the leaf.
    
    [1] 47bdf337 ("x86/cpuid: Provide get_scattered_cpuid_leaf()")
    [2] b7b27aa0
    
     ("KVM/x86: Update the reverse_cpuid list to include CPUID_7_EDX")
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarBorislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
    CC: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
    CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
    Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
    Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
    CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    CC: x86-ml <x86@kernel.org>
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181105185725.18679-1-sean.j.christopherson@intel.com
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