Re: [PATCH 32/32] s390/extable: Remove EX_TABLE macros and fallback extable search

[Ilya Leoshkevich]

On 10/1/26 12:32, Heiko Carstens wrote:
> Now that all exception table entries point to the faulting instruction,
> rename all EX_TABLE* macros to EX_TABLE_INSN* and remove the
> EX_TABLE_INSN* aliases.
>
> Also remove the fallback extable search via instruction_pointer() which
> was only needed to handle the old EX_TABLE entries that pointed to the
> instruction after the faulting instruction.
>
> Add a comment above the EX_TABLE_INSN macros that documents the usage
> rule and describe the difference to the previous EX_TABLE macros. This
> might be helpful in case of backporting to old kernels.
>
> Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   arch/s390/boot/pgm_check.c          | 23 +++++------------
>   arch/s390/include/asm/asm-extable.h | 38 ++++++++++++++---------------
>   arch/s390/include/asm/extable.h     | 25 ++++++-------------
>   arch/s390/mm/extable.c              |  2 --
>   4 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Ilya Leoshkevich <iii@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>