[tip: x86/alternatives] x86/alternatives: Simplify smp_text_poke_int3_handler()

From: tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri Apr 11 2025 - 06:07:58 EST


The following commit has been merged into the x86/alternatives branch of tip:

Commit-ID: 8e35752f0c334ee3eb2bf075ac0bdb243ad25fac
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/8e35752f0c334ee3eb2bf075ac0bdb243ad25fac
Author: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 07:40:44 +02:00
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:01:34 +02:00

x86/alternatives: Simplify smp_text_poke_int3_handler()

Remove the 'desc' local variable indirection and use
text_poke_array directly.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250411054105.2341982-33-mingo@xxxxxxxxxx
---
arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 10 +++-------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index edc18be..97cb954 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -2511,7 +2511,6 @@ static __always_inline int patch_cmp(const void *key, const void *elt)

noinstr int smp_text_poke_int3_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
- struct smp_text_poke_array *desc;
struct smp_text_poke_loc *tp;
int ret = 0;
void *ip;
@@ -2531,9 +2530,6 @@ noinstr int smp_text_poke_int3_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)

if (!try_get_text_poke_array())
return 0;
- desc = &text_poke_array;
-
- WARN_ON_ONCE(desc->vec != text_poke_array.vec);

/*
* Discount the INT3. See smp_text_poke_batch_process().
@@ -2543,14 +2539,14 @@ noinstr int smp_text_poke_int3_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
/*
* Skip the binary search if there is a single member in the vector.
*/
- if (unlikely(desc->nr_entries > 1)) {
- tp = __inline_bsearch(ip, desc->vec, desc->nr_entries,
+ if (unlikely(text_poke_array.nr_entries > 1)) {
+ tp = __inline_bsearch(ip, text_poke_array.vec, text_poke_array.nr_entries,
sizeof(struct smp_text_poke_loc),
patch_cmp);
if (!tp)
goto out_put;
} else {
- tp = desc->vec;
+ tp = text_poke_array.vec;
if (text_poke_addr(tp) != ip)
goto out_put;
}