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Pull x86 asm updates from Ingo Molnar:
"Misc updates:
- Remove last remaining calls to exception_enter/exception_exit() and
simplify the entry code some more.
- Remove force_iret()
- Add support for "Fast Short Rep Mov", which is available starting
with Ice Lake Intel CPUs - and make the x86 assembly version of
memmove() use REP MOV for all sizes when FSRM is available.
- Micro-optimize/simplify the 32-bit boot code a bit.
- Use a more future-proof SYSRET instruction mnemonic"
* 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
x86/boot: Simplify calculation of output address
x86/entry/64: Add instruction suffix to SYSRET
x86: Remove force_iret()
x86/cpufeatures: Add support for fast short REP; MOVSB
x86/context-tracking: Remove exception_enter/exit() from KVM_PV_REASON_PAGE_NOT_PRESENT async page fault
x86/context-tracking: Remove exception_enter/exit() from do_page_fault()
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