[PATCH v2 02/25] powerpc/ftrace: Remove redundant create_branch() calls

[Christophe Leroy]

Since commit d5937db114e4 ("powerpc/code-patching: Fix patch_branch()
return on out-of-range failure") patch_branch() fails with -ERANGE
when trying to branch out of range.

No need to perform the test twice. Remove redundant create_branch()
calls.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.le...@csgroup.eu>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 20 --------------------
 1 file changed, 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c 
b/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 7a266fd469b7..3ce3697e8a7c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -301,7 +301,6 @@ static int setup_mcount_compiler_tramp(unsigned long tramp)
        int i;
        ppc_inst_t op;
        unsigned long ptr;
-       ppc_inst_t instr;
        static unsigned long ftrace_plt_tramps[NUM_FTRACE_TRAMPS];
 
        /* Is this a known long jump tramp? */
@@ -344,12 +343,6 @@ static int setup_mcount_compiler_tramp(unsigned long tramp)
 #else
        ptr = ppc_global_function_entry((void *)ftrace_caller);
 #endif
-       if (create_branch(&instr, (void *)tramp, ptr, 0)) {
-               pr_debug("%ps is not reachable from existing mcount tramp\n",
-                               (void *)ptr);
-               return -1;
-       }
-
        if (patch_branch((u32 *)tramp, ptr, 0)) {
                pr_debug("REL24 out of range!\n");
                return -1;
@@ -490,7 +483,6 @@ static int
 __ftrace_make_call(struct dyn_ftrace *rec, unsigned long addr)
 {
        ppc_inst_t op[2];
-       ppc_inst_t instr;
        void *ip = (void *)rec->ip;
        unsigned long entry, ptr, tramp;
        struct module *mod = rec->arch.mod;
@@ -539,12 +531,6 @@ __ftrace_make_call(struct dyn_ftrace *rec, unsigned long 
addr)
                return -EINVAL;
        }
 
-       /* Ensure branch is within 24 bits */
-       if (create_branch(&instr, ip, tramp, BRANCH_SET_LINK)) {
-               pr_err("Branch out of range\n");
-               return -EINVAL;
-       }
-
        if (patch_branch(ip, tramp, BRANCH_SET_LINK)) {
                pr_err("REL24 out of range!\n");
                return -EINVAL;
@@ -770,12 +756,6 @@ __ftrace_modify_call(struct dyn_ftrace *rec, unsigned long 
old_addr,
                return -EINVAL;
        }
 
-       /* Ensure branch is within 24 bits */
-       if (create_branch(&op, (u32 *)ip, tramp, BRANCH_SET_LINK)) {
-               pr_err("Branch out of range\n");
-               return -EINVAL;
-       }
-
        if (patch_branch((u32 *)ip, tramp, BRANCH_SET_LINK)) {
                pr_err("REL24 out of range!\n");
                return -EINVAL;
-- 
2.35.1