[RFC PATCH v1.9 09/14] livepatch: remove unnecessary object loaded check

From: Josh Poimboeuf
Date: Fri Mar 25 2016 - 15:37:49 EST


klp_patch_object()'s callers already ensure that the object is loaded,
so its call to klp_is_object_loaded() is unnecessary.

This will also make it possible to move the patching code into a
separate file.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/livepatch/core.c | 3 ---
1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/core.c b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
index be1e106..1f70500 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/core.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
@@ -402,9 +402,6 @@ static int klp_patch_object(struct klp_object *obj)
if (WARN_ON(obj->patched))
return -EINVAL;

- if (WARN_ON(!klp_is_object_loaded(obj)))
- return -EINVAL;
-
klp_for_each_func(obj, func) {
ret = klp_patch_func(func);
if (ret) {
--
2.4.3