[tip: x86/merge] x86/xen/msr: Remove the error pointer argument from set_seg()

From: tip-bot2 for Xin Li (Intel)
Date: Fri May 02 2025 - 05:06:12 EST


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

Commit-ID: 2b7e25301c5418059b013c14af9022d892466398
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/2b7e25301c5418059b013c14af9022d892466398
Author: Xin Li (Intel) <xin@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Sun, 27 Apr 2025 02:20:24 -07:00
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Fri, 02 May 2025 10:36:36 +02:00

x86/xen/msr: Remove the error pointer argument from set_seg()

set_seg() is used to write the following MSRs on Xen:

MSR_FS_BASE
MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE
MSR_GS_BASE

But none of these MSRs are written using any MSR write safe API.
Therefore there is no need to pass an error pointer argument to
set_seg() for returning an error code to be used in MSR safe APIs.

Remove the error pointer argument.

Signed-off-by: Xin Li (Intel) <xin@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250427092027.1598740-13-xin@xxxxxxxxx
---
arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c | 16 +++++-----------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
index 719370d..97f7894 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
@@ -1111,17 +1111,11 @@ static u64 xen_do_read_msr(unsigned int msr, int *err)
return val;
}

-static void set_seg(unsigned int which, unsigned int low, unsigned int high,
- int *err)
+static void set_seg(u32 which, u32 low, u32 high)
{
u64 base = ((u64)high << 32) | low;

- if (HYPERVISOR_set_segment_base(which, base) == 0)
- return;
-
- if (err)
- *err = -EIO;
- else
+ if (HYPERVISOR_set_segment_base(which, base))
WARN(1, "Xen set_segment_base(%u, %llx) failed\n", which, base);
}

@@ -1137,15 +1131,15 @@ static void xen_do_write_msr(unsigned int msr, unsigned int low,

switch (msr) {
case MSR_FS_BASE:
- set_seg(SEGBASE_FS, low, high, err);
+ set_seg(SEGBASE_FS, low, high);
break;

case MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE:
- set_seg(SEGBASE_GS_USER, low, high, err);
+ set_seg(SEGBASE_GS_USER, low, high);
break;

case MSR_GS_BASE:
- set_seg(SEGBASE_GS_KERNEL, low, high, err);
+ set_seg(SEGBASE_GS_KERNEL, low, high);
break;

case MSR_STAR: