[PATCH v6 10/10] x86/alternative: remove the return value of text_poke_*()
From: Nadav Amit <hidden>
Date: 2018-11-21 03:53:58
Also in:
linux-integrity, lkml
Subsystem:
the rest, x86 architecture (32-bit and 64-bit) · Maintainers:
Linus Torvalds, Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov, Dave Hansen
The return value of text_poke_early() and text_poke_bp() is useless. Remove it. Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Cc: Kees Cook <redacted> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Dave Hansen <redacted> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <redacted> --- arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h | 4 ++-- arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 11 ++++------- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h
index a75eed841eed..c90678fd391a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ static inline void apply_paravirt(struct paravirt_patch_site *start, #define __parainstructions_end NULL #endif -extern void *text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len); +extern void text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len); /* * Clear and restore the kernel write-protection flag on the local CPU.
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ extern void *text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len); extern void *text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len); extern void *text_poke_kgdb(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len); extern int poke_int3_handler(struct pt_regs *regs); -extern void *text_poke_bp(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len, void *handler); +extern void text_poke_bp(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len, void *handler); extern int after_bootmem; extern __ro_after_init struct mm_struct *poking_mm; extern __ro_after_init unsigned long poking_addr;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 18415e3b6000..2740ad2c6f21 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ static void __init_or_module add_nops(void *insns, unsigned int len) extern struct alt_instr __alt_instructions[], __alt_instructions_end[]; extern s32 __smp_locks[], __smp_locks_end[]; -void *text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len); +void text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len); /* * Are we looking at a near JMP with a 1 or 4-byte displacement.
@@ -666,8 +666,8 @@ void __init alternative_instructions(void) * instructions. And on the local CPU you need to be protected again NMI or MCE * handlers seeing an inconsistent instruction while you patch. */ -void *__init_or_module text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, - size_t len) +void __init_or_module text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, + size_t len) { unsigned long flags;
@@ -690,7 +690,6 @@ void *__init_or_module text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, * that causes hangs on some VIA CPUs. */ } - return addr; } __ro_after_init struct mm_struct *poking_mm;
@@ -893,7 +892,7 @@ int poke_int3_handler(struct pt_regs *regs) * replacing opcode * - sync cores */ -void *text_poke_bp(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len, void *handler) +void text_poke_bp(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len, void *handler) { unsigned char int3 = 0xcc;
@@ -935,7 +934,5 @@ void *text_poke_bp(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len, void *handler) * the writing of the new instruction. */ bp_patching_in_progress = false; - - return addr; }
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