Re: [PATCH -next v5 4/8] arm64: extable: cleanup redundant extable type EX_TYPE_FIXUP

[Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>]

On Sat, May 28, 2022 at 06:50:52AM +0000, Tong Tiangen wrote:
> Currently, extable type EX_TYPE_FIXUP is no place to use, We can safely
> remove it.
> 
> Suggested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tong Tiangen <tongtiangen@huawei.com>

Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>

Mark.

> ---
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/asm-extable.h | 20 ++++----------------
>  arch/arm64/mm/extable.c              |  9 ---------
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/asm-extable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/asm-extable.h
> index d01bd94cc4c2..1f2974467273 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/asm-extable.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/asm-extable.h
> @@ -3,11 +3,10 @@
>  #define __ASM_ASM_EXTABLE_H
>  
>  #define EX_TYPE_NONE			0
> -#define EX_TYPE_FIXUP			1
> -#define EX_TYPE_BPF			2
> -#define EX_TYPE_UACCESS_ERR_ZERO	3
> -#define EX_TYPE_LOAD_UNALIGNED_ZEROPAD	4
> -#define EX_TYPE_KACCESS_ERR_ZERO	5
> +#define EX_TYPE_BPF			1
> +#define EX_TYPE_UACCESS_ERR_ZERO	2
> +#define EX_TYPE_LOAD_UNALIGNED_ZEROPAD	3
> +#define EX_TYPE_KACCESS_ERR_ZERO	4
>  
>  #ifdef __ASSEMBLY__
>  
> @@ -20,14 +19,6 @@
>  	.short		(data);				\
>  	.popsection;
>  
> -/*
> - * Create an exception table entry for `insn`, which will branch to `fixup`
> - * when an unhandled fault is taken.
> - */
> -	.macro		_asm_extable, insn, fixup
> -	__ASM_EXTABLE_RAW(\insn, \fixup, EX_TYPE_FIXUP, 0)
> -	.endm
> -
>  /*
>   * Create an exception table entry for uaccess `insn`, which will branch to `fixup`
>   * when an unhandled fault is taken.
> @@ -62,9 +53,6 @@
>  	".short		(" data ")\n"			\
>  	".popsection\n"
>  
> -#define _ASM_EXTABLE(insn, fixup) \
> -	__ASM_EXTABLE_RAW(#insn, #fixup, __stringify(EX_TYPE_FIXUP), "0")
> -
>  #define EX_DATA_REG_ERR_SHIFT	0
>  #define EX_DATA_REG_ERR		GENMASK(4, 0)
>  #define EX_DATA_REG_ZERO_SHIFT	5
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/extable.c b/arch/arm64/mm/extable.c
> index 056591e5ca80..228d681a8715 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/extable.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/extable.c
> @@ -16,13 +16,6 @@ get_ex_fixup(const struct exception_table_entry *ex)
>  	return ((unsigned long)&ex->fixup + ex->fixup);
>  }
>  
> -static bool ex_handler_fixup(const struct exception_table_entry *ex,
> -			     struct pt_regs *regs)
> -{
> -	regs->pc = get_ex_fixup(ex);
> -	return true;
> -}
> -
>  static bool ex_handler_uaccess_err_zero(const struct exception_table_entry *ex,
>  					struct pt_regs *regs)
>  {
> @@ -72,8 +65,6 @@ bool fixup_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  		return false;
>  
>  	switch (ex->type) {
> -	case EX_TYPE_FIXUP:
> -		return ex_handler_fixup(ex, regs);
>  	case EX_TYPE_BPF:
>  		return ex_handler_bpf(ex, regs);
>  	case EX_TYPE_UACCESS_ERR_ZERO:
> -- 
> 2.25.1
>