[PATCH] i386: always enable regparm

-mregparm=3 has been enabled by default for some time on i386, and AFAIK
there aren't any problems with it left.

This patch removes the REGPARM config option and sets -mregparm=3
unconditionally.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>

2 files changed, 1 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig
index bb1fa061c6cf..b6b2df40ca78 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig
@@ -721,20 +721,6 @@ config BOOT_IOREMAP
         depends on (((X86_SUMMIT || X86_GENERICARCH) && NUMA) || (X86 && EFI))
         default y
 
-config REGPARM
-        bool "Use register arguments"
-        default y
-        help
-        Compile the kernel with -mregparm=3. This instructs gcc to use
-        a more efficient function call ABI which passes the first three
-        arguments of a function call via registers, which results in denser
-        and faster code.
-
-        If this option is disabled, then the default ABI of passing
-        arguments via the stack is used.
-
-        If unsure, say Y.
-
 config SECCOMP
         bool "Enable seccomp to safely compute untrusted bytecode"
         depends on PROC_FS
diff --git a/arch/i386/Makefile b/arch/i386/Makefile
index d1aca52bf690..f7ac1aea1d8a 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Makefile
+++ b/arch/i386/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ LDFLAGS_vmlinux := --emit-relocs
 endif
 CHECKFLAGS      += -D__i386__
 
-CFLAGS += -pipe -msoft-float
+CFLAGS += -pipe -msoft-float -mregparm=3
 
 # prevent gcc from keeping the stack 16 byte aligned
 CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mpreferred-stack-boundary=2)
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mpreferred-stack-boundary=2)
 # CPU-specific tuning. Anything which can be shared with UML should go here.
 include $(srctree)/arch/i386/Makefile.cpu
 
-cflags-$(CONFIG_REGPARM) += -mregparm=3
-
 # temporary until string.h is fixed
 cflags-y += -ffreestanding