[tip: x86/alternatives] x86/alternatives: Rename 'struct bp_patching_desc' to 'struct text_poke_int3_vec'

From: tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri Apr 11 2025 - 06:11:36 EST


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

Commit-ID: 84e5ba949b0a3fcf2fd0a1b6c9ce14d8436dbbb8
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/84e5ba949b0a3fcf2fd0a1b6c9ce14d8436dbbb8
Author: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 07:40:15 +02:00
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:01:33 +02:00

x86/alternatives: Rename 'struct bp_patching_desc' to 'struct text_poke_int3_vec'

Follow the INT3 text-poking nomenclature, and also adopt the
'vector' name for the entire object, instead of the rather
opaque 'descriptor' naming.

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/20250411054105.2341982-4-mingo@xxxxxxxxxx
---
arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 5f44814..8edf7d3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -2471,17 +2471,17 @@ struct text_poke_loc {
u8 old;
};

-struct bp_patching_desc {
+struct text_poke_int3_vec {
struct text_poke_loc *vec;
int nr_entries;
};

static DEFINE_PER_CPU(atomic_t, bp_refs);

-static struct bp_patching_desc bp_desc;
+static struct text_poke_int3_vec bp_desc;

static __always_inline
-struct bp_patching_desc *try_get_desc(void)
+struct text_poke_int3_vec *try_get_desc(void)
{
atomic_t *refs = this_cpu_ptr(&bp_refs);

@@ -2517,7 +2517,7 @@ static __always_inline int patch_cmp(const void *key, const void *elt)

noinstr int poke_int3_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
- struct bp_patching_desc *desc;
+ struct text_poke_int3_vec *desc;
struct text_poke_loc *tp;
int ret = 0;
void *ip;