Re: [REVIEW][PATCH 15/22] signal/s390: Use force_sig_fault where appropriate

[Martin Schwidefsky]

On Fri, 20 Apr 2018 09:38:04 -0500
"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Filling in struct siginfo before calling force_sig_info a tedious and
> error prone process, where once in a great while the wrong fields
> are filled out, and siginfo has been inconsistently cleared.
> 
> Simplify this process by using the helper force_sig_fault.  Which
> takes as a parameters all of the information it needs, ensures
> all of the fiddly bits of filling in struct siginfo are done properly
> and then calls force_sig_info.
> 
> In short about a 5 line reduction in code for every time force_sig_info
> is called, which makes the calling function clearer.
> 
> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-s390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/s390/kernel/traps.c | 32 ++++++--------------------------
>  arch/s390/mm/fault.c     | 23 ++++++-----------------
>  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
 
Compiles & boots. Comparing old vs. new the same values are
set in siginfo. Looks good.

Acked-by: Martin Schwidefsky >schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx>

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