+ kernel-seccompc-remove-unreachable-code.patch added to -mm tree

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

The patch titled
     Subject: kernel/seccomp.c: remove unreachable code
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     kernel-seccompc-remove-unreachable-code.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/kernel-seccompc-remove-unreachable-code.patch
and later at
    https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/kernel-seccompc-remove-unreachable-code.patch

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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: kernel/seccomp.c: remove unreachable code

kernel/seccomp.c:1321 __secure_computing() warn: ignoring unreachable code.

do_exit() is __noreturn.  And if it does return, we fall into the BUG(),
which seems very appropriate.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/622aa69f.XI8McBWG4GX/YDab%25lkp@intel.com
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Will Drewry <wad@chromium.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 kernel/seccomp.c |    3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/seccomp.c~kernel-seccompc-remove-unreachable-code
+++ a/kernel/seccomp.c
@@ -1317,8 +1317,7 @@ int __secure_computing(const struct secc
 	/* Surviving SECCOMP_RET_KILL_* must be proactively impossible. */
 	case SECCOMP_MODE_DEAD:
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
-		do_exit(SIGKILL);
-		return -1;
+		do_exit(SIGKILL);	/* This is __noreturn */
 	default:
 		BUG();
 	}
_

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mm.patch
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mm-list_lru-replace-linear-array-with-xarray-fix.patch
mm-hwpoison-inject-support-injecting-hwpoison-to-free-page-fix.patch
mm-export-pageheadhuge-fix.patch
userfaultfd-provide-unmasked-address-on-page-fault-v3-fix.patch
mm-mempolicy-convert-from-atomic_t-to-refcount_t-on-mempolicy-refcnt-fix.patch
mm-handle-uninitialized-numa-nodes-gracefully-fix.patch
mm-memory_hotplug-remove-obsolete-comment-of-__add_pages-fix.patch
proc-alloc-path_max-bytes-for-proc-pid-fd-symlinks-fix.patch
taskstats-remove-unneeded-dead-assignment-fix.patch
kernel-seccompc-remove-unreachable-code.patch
linux-next-rejects.patch
linux-next-git-rejects.patch
mm-oom_killc-fix-vm_oom_kill_table-ifdeffery.patch
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mm-huge_memory-remove-stale-locking-logic-from-__split_huge_pmd-fix.patch
mutex-subsystem-synchro-test-module-fix.patch
kernel-forkc-export-kernel_thread-to-modules.patch