instructions_to_print var is assigned value 16 and there is no
way to change it.

This patch replaces it by a constant.

Reviewed-by: Murilo Opsfelder Araujo <muri...@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.le...@c-s.fr>
---
 v4: rebased
 v3: no change
 v2: no change

 arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c | 13 ++++++-------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index 8dabf656d924..dd8447d3f0bf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -1258,17 +1258,16 @@ struct task_struct *__switch_to(struct task_struct 
*prev,
        return last;
 }
 
-static int instructions_to_print = 16;
+#define NR_INSN_TO_PRINT       16
 
 static void show_instructions(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
        int i;
-       unsigned long pc = regs->nip - (instructions_to_print * 3 / 4 *
-                       sizeof(int));
+       unsigned long pc = regs->nip - (NR_INSN_TO_PRINT * 3 / 4 * sizeof(int));
 
        printk("Instruction dump:");
 
-       for (i = 0; i < instructions_to_print; i++) {
+       for (i = 0; i < NR_INSN_TO_PRINT; i++) {
                int instr;
 
                if (!(i % 8))
@@ -1301,17 +1300,17 @@ static void show_instructions(struct pt_regs *regs)
 void show_user_instructions(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
        unsigned long pc;
-       int n = instructions_to_print;
+       int n = NR_INSN_TO_PRINT;
        struct seq_buf s;
        char buf[96]; /* enough for 8 times 9 + 2 chars */
 
-       pc = regs->nip - (instructions_to_print * 3 / 4 * sizeof(int));
+       pc = regs->nip - (NR_INSN_TO_PRINT * 3 / 4 * sizeof(int));
 
        /*
         * Make sure the NIP points at userspace, not kernel text/data or
         * elsewhere.
         */
-       if (!__access_ok(pc, instructions_to_print * sizeof(int), USER_DS)) {
+       if (!__access_ok(pc, NR_INSN_TO_PRINT * sizeof(int), USER_DS)) {
                pr_info("%s[%d]: Bad NIP, not dumping instructions.\n",
                        current->comm, current->pid);
                return;
-- 
2.13.3

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