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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2025-12-01 21:31:02 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2025-12-01 21:31:02 -0800
commitdcd8637edb873bd940e6aa82417dfb33ae980778 (patch)
tree6de52669a1e868094ed7e50fd1edfa44e3e7c2cb /arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
parente7d81c1ed665e72c55ae5cf2d7601c09842b4013 (diff)
parentced37e9ceae50e4cb6cd058963bd315ec9afa651 (diff)
Merge tag 'x86-core-2025-12-01' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull core x86 updates from Ingo Molnar: - x86/alternatives: Drop unnecessary test after call to alt_replace_call() (Juergen Gross) - x86/dumpstack: Prevent KASAN false positive warnings in __show_regs() (Tengda Wu) * tag 'x86-core-2025-12-01' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86/dumpstack: Prevent KASAN false positive warnings in __show_regs() x86/alternative: Drop not needed test after call of alt_replace_call()
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c9
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 9f354ebf76e4..e377b06e70e3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(BUG_func);
* Rewrite the "call BUG_func" replacement to point to the target of the
* indirect pv_ops call "call *disp(%ip)".
*/
-static int alt_replace_call(u8 *instr, u8 *insn_buff, struct alt_instr *a)
+static unsigned int alt_replace_call(u8 *instr, u8 *insn_buff, struct alt_instr *a)
{
void *target, *bug = &BUG_func;
s32 disp;
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ void __init_or_module noinline apply_alternatives(struct alt_instr *start,
* order.
*/
for (a = start; a < end; a++) {
- int insn_buff_sz = 0;
+ unsigned int insn_buff_sz = 0;
/*
* In case of nested ALTERNATIVE()s the outer alternative might
@@ -665,11 +665,8 @@ void __init_or_module noinline apply_alternatives(struct alt_instr *start,
memcpy(insn_buff, replacement, a->replacementlen);
insn_buff_sz = a->replacementlen;
- if (a->flags & ALT_FLAG_DIRECT_CALL) {
+ if (a->flags & ALT_FLAG_DIRECT_CALL)
insn_buff_sz = alt_replace_call(instr, insn_buff, a);
- if (insn_buff_sz < 0)
- continue;
- }
for (; insn_buff_sz < a->instrlen; insn_buff_sz++)
insn_buff[insn_buff_sz] = 0x90;