Re: [PATCH -next v4 1/3] x86/mce: remove redundant fixup type EX_TYPE_COPY

[Tong Tiangen]

在 2024/1/31 5:09, Borislav Petkov 写道:
> On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 09:55:46PM +0800, Tong Tiangen wrote:
> > In commit 034ff37d3407 ("x86: rewrite '__copy_user_nocache' function"),
> > rewrited __copy_user_nocache() uses EX_TYPE_UACCESS instead of
> > EX_TYPE_COPY，this change does not broken the MC safe copy for
> > __copy_user_nocache(), but as a result, there's no place for EX_TYPE_COPY
> > to use. Therefore, we remove the definition of EX_TYPE_COPY.
>
> Please use passive voice in your commit message: no "we" or "I", etc,
> and describe your changes in imperative mood.
>
> Also, pls read section "2) Describe your changes" in
> Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst for more details.
>
> Also, see section "Changelog" in
> Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst

Hi Borislav:

how about this commit msg change?

Since commit 034ff37d3407 ("x86: rewrite '__copy_user_nocache'
function") rewrited __copy_user_nocache() uses EX_TYPE_UACCESS
instead of EX_TYPE_COPY，there is no user for EX_TYPE_COPY，so
remove it.

Thanks.
Tong.

> > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/extable_fixup_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/extable_fixup_types.h
> > index fe6312045042..787916ec1e12 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/extable_fixup_types.h
> > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/extable_fixup_types.h
> > @@ -36,18 +36,17 @@
> >   #define	EX_TYPE_DEFAULT			 1
> >   #define	EX_TYPE_FAULT			 2
> >   #define	EX_TYPE_UACCESS			 3
> > -#define	EX_TYPE_COPY			 4
> > -#define	EX_TYPE_CLEAR_FS		 5
> > -#define	EX_TYPE_FPU_RESTORE		 6
> > -#define	EX_TYPE_BPF			 7
> > -#define	EX_TYPE_WRMSR			 8
> > -#define	EX_TYPE_RDMSR			 9
> > -#define	EX_TYPE_WRMSR_SAFE		10 /* reg := -EIO */
> > -#define	EX_TYPE_RDMSR_SAFE		11 /* reg := -EIO */
> > -#define	EX_TYPE_WRMSR_IN_MCE		12
> > -#define	EX_TYPE_RDMSR_IN_MCE		13
> > -#define	EX_TYPE_DEFAULT_MCE_SAFE	14
> > -#define	EX_TYPE_FAULT_MCE_SAFE		15
> > +#define	EX_TYPE_CLEAR_FS		 4
> > +#define	EX_TYPE_FPU_RESTORE		 5
> > +#define	EX_TYPE_BPF			 6
> > +#define	EX_TYPE_WRMSR			 7
> > +#define	EX_TYPE_RDMSR			 8
> > +#define	EX_TYPE_WRMSR_SAFE		 9 /* reg := -EIO */
> > +#define	EX_TYPE_RDMSR_SAFE		10 /* reg := -EIO */
> > +#define	EX_TYPE_WRMSR_IN_MCE		11
> > +#define	EX_TYPE_RDMSR_IN_MCE		12
> > +#define	EX_TYPE_DEFAULT_MCE_SAFE	13
> > +#define	EX_TYPE_FAULT_MCE_SAFE		14
>
> You don't need to renumber them - all you need to do is to comment it
> out:
>
> /* unused, was: #define EX_TYPE_COPY 		4 */