linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] sh: prefer _THIS_IP_ to current_text

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Date:   Wed, 1 Aug 2018 15:22:35 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>, dalias@...c.org,
        linux-sh@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] sh: prefer _THIS_IP_ to current_text_addr

On Wed, 1 Aug 2018 15:06:33 -0700 Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com> wrote:

> So the plan is to replace the 5 call sites of current_text_addr() with
> _THIS_IP_ (if possible), then delete all definitions of the arch
> specific current_text_addr()'s.  This can be done on a per tree basis,
> rather than a treewide patch for converting _THIS_IP_ (who has many
> more call sites) to current_text_addr().  What do you think?

Sounds good to me.