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Date:   Tue, 26 Sep 2017 01:23:51 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Ingo Molnar <tipbot@...or.com>
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Subject: [tip:x86/fpu] x86/fpu: Clean up the parameter definitions of
 copy_xstate_to_*()

Commit-ID:  becb2bb72ff906cc0d2bac3ee9574f694364823b
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/becb2bb72ff906cc0d2bac3ee9574f694364823b
Author:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
AuthorDate: Sat, 23 Sep 2017 14:59:49 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Sun, 24 Sep 2017 13:04:31 +0200

x86/fpu: Clean up the parameter definitions of copy_xstate_to_*()

Remove pointless 'const' of non-pointer input parameter.

Remove unnecessary parenthesis that shows uncertainty about arithmetic operator precedence.

Clarify copy_xstate_to_user() description.

No change in functionality.

Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>
Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170923130016.21448-7-mingo@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
index 0a29946..9647e72 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
@@ -927,13 +927,13 @@ int arch_set_user_pkey_access(struct task_struct *tsk, int pkey,
 static inline int
 __copy_xstate_to_kernel(void *kbuf,
 			const void *data,
-			unsigned int pos, unsigned int count, const int start_pos, const int end_pos)
+			unsigned int pos, unsigned int count, int start_pos, int end_pos)
 {
 	if ((count == 0) || (pos < start_pos))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (end_pos < 0 || pos < end_pos) {
-		unsigned int copy = (end_pos < 0 ? count : min(count, end_pos - pos));
+		unsigned int copy = end_pos < 0 ? count : min(count, end_pos - pos);
 
 		memcpy(kbuf + pos, data, copy);
 	}
@@ -1010,13 +1010,13 @@ int copy_xstate_to_kernel(void *kbuf, struct xregs_state *xsave, unsigned int po
 }
 
 static inline int
-__copy_xstate_to_user(void __user *ubuf, const void *data, unsigned int pos, unsigned int count, const int start_pos, const int end_pos)
+__copy_xstate_to_user(void __user *ubuf, const void *data, unsigned int pos, unsigned int count, int start_pos, int end_pos)
 {
 	if ((count == 0) || (pos < start_pos))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (end_pos < 0 || pos < end_pos) {
-		unsigned int copy = (end_pos < 0 ? count : min(count, end_pos - pos));
+		unsigned int copy = end_pos < 0 ? count : min(count, end_pos - pos);
 
 		if (__copy_to_user(ubuf + pos, data, copy))
 			return -EFAULT;
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ __copy_xstate_to_user(void __user *ubuf, const void *data, unsigned int pos, uns
 
 /*
  * Convert from kernel XSAVES compacted format to standard format and copy
- * to a ptrace buffer. It supports partial copy but pos always starts from
+ * to a user-space buffer. It supports partial copy but pos always starts from
  * zero. This is called from xstateregs_get() and there we check the CPU
  * has XSAVES.
  */