Patch "sparc64: Delete __ret_efault." has been added to the 4.8-stable tree

Patch "sparc64: Delete __ret_efault." has been added to the 4.8-stable tree

[gregkh]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    sparc64: Delete __ret_efault.

to the 4.8-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     sparc64-delete-__ret_efault.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.8 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.


>From foo@baz Sat Nov 19 09:52:59 CET 2016
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 14:41:33 -0700
Subject: sparc64: Delete __ret_efault.

From: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>


[ Upstream commit aa95ce361ed95c72ac42dcb315166bce5cf1a014 ]

It is completely unused.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess_64.h |    1 -
 arch/sparc/kernel/head_64.S         |    7 +------
 arch/sparc/kernel/sparc_ksyms_64.c  |    1 -
 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ struct exception_table_entry {
         unsigned int insn, fixup;
 };
 
-void __ret_efault(void);
 void __retl_efault(void);
 
 /* Uh, these should become the main single-value transfer routines..
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -922,12 +922,7 @@ prom_tba:	.xword	0
 tlb_type:	.word	0	/* Must NOT end up in BSS */
 	.section	".fixup",#alloc,#execinstr
 
-	.globl	__ret_efault, __retl_efault, __ret_one, __retl_one
-ENTRY(__ret_efault)
-	ret
-	 restore %g0, -EFAULT, %o0
-ENDPROC(__ret_efault)
-
+	.globl	__retl_efault, __ret_one, __retl_one
 ENTRY(__retl_efault)
 	retl
 	 mov	-EFAULT, %o0
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/sparc_ksyms_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/sparc_ksyms_64.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__flushw_user);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(real_hard_smp_processor_id);
 
 /* from head_64.S */
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__ret_efault);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tlb_type);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sun4v_chip_type);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(prom_root_node);


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from davem@davemloft.net are

queue-4.8/sparc64-delete-now-unused-user-copy-fixup-functions.patch
queue-4.8/net-__skb_flow_dissect-must-cap-its-return-value.patch
queue-4.8/tcp-take-care-of-truncations-done-by-sk_filter.patch
queue-4.8/net-clear-sk_err_soft-in-sk_clone_lock.patch
queue-4.8/dccp-do-not-release-listeners-too-soon.patch
queue-4.8/sparc64-convert-copy_in_user-to-accurate-exception-reporting.patch
queue-4.8/net-stmmac-fix-lack-of-link-transition-for-fixed-phys.patch
queue-4.8/sparc64-handle-extremely-large-kernel-tlb-range-flushes-more-gracefully.patch
queue-4.8/sparc-handle-negative-offsets-in-arch_jump_label_transform.patch
queue-4.8/sparc64-delete-__ret_efault.patch
queue-4.8/dctcp-avoid-bogus-doubling-of-cwnd-after-loss.patch
queue-4.8/sparc64-delete-now-unused-user-copy-assembler-helpers.patch
queue-4.8/revert-bnx2-reset-device-during-driver-initialization.patch
queue-4.8/net-mangle-zero-checksum-in-skb_checksum_help.patch
queue-4.8/revert-include-uapi-linux-atm_zatm.h-include-linux-time.h.patch
queue-4.8/ipv4-allow-local-fragmentation-in-ip_finish_output_gso.patch
queue-4.8/tcp-fix-return-value-for-partial-writes.patch
queue-4.8/ip6_tunnel-clear-ip6cb-in-ip6tunnel_xmit.patch
queue-4.8/sctp-assign-assoc_id-earlier-in-__sctp_connect.patch
queue-4.8/sparc64-convert-ng4copy_-from-to-_user-to-accurate-exception-reporting.patch
queue-4.8/bpf-fix-htab-map-destruction-when-extra-reserve-is-in-use.patch
queue-4.8/ipv6-dccp-fix-out-of-bound-access-in-dccp_v6_err.patch
queue-4.8/sparc64-convert-u3copy_-from-to-_user-to-accurate-exception-reporting.patch
queue-4.8/sparc64-convert-ng2copy_-from-to-_user-to-accurate-exception-reporting.patch
queue-4.8/sparc64-fix-illegal-relative-branches-in-hypervisor-patched-tlb-code.patch
queue-4.8/sparc64-convert-gencopy_-from-to-_user-to-accurate-exception-reporting.patch
queue-4.8/sparc64-convert-u1copy_-from-to-_user-to-accurate-exception-reporting.patch
queue-4.8/sctp-change-sk-state-only-when-it-has-assocs-in-sctp_shutdown.patch
queue-4.8/sparc64-prepare-to-move-to-more-saner-user-copy-exception-handling.patch
queue-4.8/bnx2-wait-for-in-flight-dma-to-complete-at-probe-stage.patch
queue-4.8/bgmac-stop-clearing-dma-receive-control-register-right-after-it-is-set.patch
queue-4.8/ipv6-dccp-add-missing-bind_conflict-to-dccp_ipv6_mapped.patch
queue-4.8/tcp-fix-potential-memory-corruption.patch
queue-4.8/sparc64-convert-ngcopy_-from-to-_user-to-accurate-exception-reporting.patch
queue-4.8/fib_trie-correct-proc-net-route-off-by-one-error.patch
queue-4.8/mlxsw-spectrum_router-correctly-dump-neighbour-activity.patch
queue-4.8/sparc64-fix-illegal-relative-branches-in-hypervisor-patched-tlb-cross-call-code.patch
queue-4.8/mlxsw-spectrum-fix-refcount-bug-on-span-entries.patch
queue-4.8/sparc64-handle-extremely-large-kernel-tsb-range-flushes-sanely.patch
queue-4.8/sparc64-fix-instruction-count-in-comment-for-__hypervisor_flush_tlb_pending.patch
queue-4.8/dccp-do-not-send-reset-to-already-closed-sockets.patch
queue-4.8/ipv4-use-new_gw-for-redirect-neigh-lookup.patch
queue-4.8/net-icmp6_send-should-use-dst-dev-to-determine-l3-domain.patch
queue-4.8/dccp-fix-out-of-bound-access-in-dccp_v4_err.patch
queue-4.8/net-icmp_route_lookup-should-use-rt-dev-to-determine-l3-domain.patch
queue-4.8/sock-fix-sendmmsg-for-partial-sendmsg.patch