This variable is beyond pointless. Nothing allocates a vector via
alloc_gate() below FIRST_SYSTEM_VECTOR. So nothing can change
first_system_vector.
If there is a need for a gate below FIRST_SYSTEM_VECTOR then it can be
added to the vector defines and FIRST_SYSTEM_VECTOR can be adjusted
accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170828064956.357109735@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
 #include <asm/ldt.h>
 #include <asm/mmu.h>
 #include <asm/fixmap.h>
+#include <asm/irq_vectors.h>
 
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
                                0, 0, __KERNEL_CS);                     \
        } while (0)
 
-extern int first_system_vector;
 /* used_vectors is BITMAP for irq is not managed by percpu vector_irq */
 extern unsigned long used_vectors[];
 
 static inline void alloc_system_vector(int vector)
 {
+       BUG_ON(vector < FIRST_SYSTEM_VECTOR);
        if (!test_bit(vector, used_vectors)) {
                set_bit(vector, used_vectors);
-               if (first_system_vector > vector)
-                       first_system_vector = vector;
        } else {
                BUG();
        }
 
 int local_apic_timer_c2_ok;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(local_apic_timer_c2_ok);
 
-int first_system_vector = FIRST_SYSTEM_VECTOR;
-
 /*
  * Debug level, exported for io_apic.c
  */
 
                offset = current_offset;
 next:
                vector += 16;
-               if (vector >= first_system_vector) {
+               if (vector >= FIRST_SYSTEM_VECTOR) {
                        offset = (offset + 1) % 16;
                        vector = FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR + offset;
                }
 
                 * this w/o holding vector_lock.
                 */
                for (vector = FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR;
-                    vector < first_system_vector; vector++) {
+                    vector < FIRST_SYSTEM_VECTOR; vector++) {
                        if (!test_bit(vector, used_vectors) &&
                            IS_ERR_OR_NULL(per_cpu(vector_irq, cpu)[vector])) {
                                if (++count == this_count)
 
         * 'special' SMP interrupts)
         */
        i = FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR;
-#ifndef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
-#define first_system_vector NR_VECTORS
-#endif
-       for_each_clear_bit_from(i, used_vectors, first_system_vector) {
+       for_each_clear_bit_from(i, used_vectors, FIRST_SYSTEM_VECTOR) {
                /* IA32_SYSCALL_VECTOR could be used in trap_init already. */
                set_intr_gate(i, irq_entries_start +
                                8 * (i - FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR));