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diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index 57473e2c0869..be82cd5841c3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -32,41 +32,6 @@
#endif
/*
- * Just in case our CPU detection goes bad, or you have a weird system,
- * allow a way to override the automatic disabling of MPX.
- */
-static int forcempx;
-
-static int __init forcempx_setup(char *__unused)
-{
- forcempx = 1;
-
- return 1;
-}
-__setup("intel-skd-046-workaround=disable", forcempx_setup);
-
-void check_mpx_erratum(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
-{
- if (forcempx)
- return;
- /*
- * Turn off the MPX feature on CPUs where SMEP is not
- * available or disabled.
- *
- * Works around Intel Erratum SKD046: "Branch Instructions
- * May Initialize MPX Bound Registers Incorrectly".
- *
- * This might falsely disable MPX on systems without
- * SMEP, like Atom processors without SMEP. But there
- * is no such hardware known at the moment.
- */
- if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_MPX) && !cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_SMEP)) {
- setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_MPX);
- pr_warn("x86/mpx: Disabling MPX since SMEP not present\n");
- }
-}
-
-/*
* Processors which have self-snooping capability can handle conflicting
* memory type across CPUs by snooping its own cache. However, there exists
* CPU models in which having conflicting memory types still leads to
@@ -330,7 +295,6 @@ static void early_init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
c->x86_coreid_bits = get_count_order((ebx >> 16) & 0xff);
}
- check_mpx_erratum(c);
check_memory_type_self_snoop_errata(c);
/*