[PATCH v4 3/3] powerpc/process: Constify the number of insns printed by show instructions functions.

From: Christophe Leroy
Date: Sat Oct 06 2018 - 12:51:20 EST


instructions_to_print var is assigned value 16 and there is no
way to change it.

This patch replaces it by a constant.

Reviewed-by: Murilo Opsfelder Araujo <muriloo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxx>
---
v4: rebased
v3: no change
v2: no change

arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c | 13 ++++++-------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index 8dabf656d924..dd8447d3f0bf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -1258,17 +1258,16 @@ struct task_struct *__switch_to(struct task_struct *prev,
return last;
}

-static int instructions_to_print = 16;
+#define NR_INSN_TO_PRINT 16

static void show_instructions(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
int i;
- unsigned long pc = regs->nip - (instructions_to_print * 3 / 4 *
- sizeof(int));
+ unsigned long pc = regs->nip - (NR_INSN_TO_PRINT * 3 / 4 * sizeof(int));

printk("Instruction dump:");

- for (i = 0; i < instructions_to_print; i++) {
+ for (i = 0; i < NR_INSN_TO_PRINT; i++) {
int instr;

if (!(i % 8))
@@ -1301,17 +1300,17 @@ static void show_instructions(struct pt_regs *regs)
void show_user_instructions(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
unsigned long pc;
- int n = instructions_to_print;
+ int n = NR_INSN_TO_PRINT;
struct seq_buf s;
char buf[96]; /* enough for 8 times 9 + 2 chars */

- pc = regs->nip - (instructions_to_print * 3 / 4 * sizeof(int));
+ pc = regs->nip - (NR_INSN_TO_PRINT * 3 / 4 * sizeof(int));

/*
* Make sure the NIP points at userspace, not kernel text/data or
* elsewhere.
*/
- if (!__access_ok(pc, instructions_to_print * sizeof(int), USER_DS)) {
+ if (!__access_ok(pc, NR_INSN_TO_PRINT * sizeof(int), USER_DS)) {
pr_info("%s[%d]: Bad NIP, not dumping instructions.\n",
current->comm, current->pid);
return;
--
2.13.3