From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: nadav.amit@gmail.com Subject: [PATCH v6 14/24] x86/alternative: Remove the return value of text_poke_*() Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 16:22:53 -0700 Message-Id: <20190426232303.28381-15-nadav.amit@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20190426232303.28381-1-nadav.amit@gmail.com> References: <20190426232303.28381-1-nadav.amit@gmail.com> To: Peter Zijlstra , Borislav Petkov , Andy Lutomirski , Ingo Molnar Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, Thomas Gleixner , Nadav Amit , Dave Hansen , linux_dti@icloud.com, linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com, linux-mm@kvack.org, will.deacon@arm.com, ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org, kristen@linux.intel.com, deneen.t.dock@intel.com, Rick Edgecombe , Nadav Amit , Kees Cook , Dave Hansen , Masami Hiramatsu List-ID: From: Nadav Amit The return value of text_poke_early() and text_poke_bp() is useless. Remove it. Cc: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Kees Cook Cc: Dave Hansen Cc: Masami Hiramatsu Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe --- 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 3d2b6b6fb20c..18f959975ea0 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c @@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ 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. @@ -667,8 +667,8 @@ 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; @@ -691,7 +691,6 @@ 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 @@ NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(poke_int3_handler); * 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; } -- 2.17.1