The return value of text_poke() is meaningless - it is one of the
function inputs. One day someone may allow the callers to deal with
text_poke() failures, if those actually happen.
In the meanwhile, remove the return value.
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <l...@kernel.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <pet...@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhira...@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhira...@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <na...@vmware.com>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 3 +--
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h
b/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h
index ffe7902cc326..1f73f71b4de2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ extern void *text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode,
size_t len);
* On the local CPU you need to be protected again NMI or MCE handlers seeing
an
* inconsistent instruction while you patch.
*/
-extern void *text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len);
+extern void text_poke(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 int after_bootmem;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 1a40df4db450..6d64d7f8c2ed 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ __ro_after_init unsigned long poking_addr;
* holding the mutex and ensures that none of them will acquire the
* mutex while the code runs.
*/
-void *text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len)
+void text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len)
{
bool cross_page_boundary = offset_in_page(addr) + len > PAGE_SIZE;
temporary_mm_state_t prev;
@@ -805,7 +805,6 @@ void *text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len)
*/
BUG_ON(memcmp(addr, opcode, len));
local_irq_restore(flags);
- return addr;
}
static void do_sync_core(void *info)
--
2.17.1
