linux-kernel - [tip:perf/core] kprobes/x86: Remove unneeded arch_within_kprobe

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Date:   Mon, 17 Dec 2018 10:20:04 -0800
From:   tip-bot for Masami Hiramatsu <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com, hpa@...or.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, yhs@...com,
        naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        righi.andrea@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
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        peterz@...radead.org, luto@...nel.org
Subject: [tip:perf/core] kprobes/x86: Remove unneeded
 arch_within_kprobe_blacklist from x86

Commit-ID:  8162b3d1a728cf63abf54be4167dd9beec5d9d37
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/8162b3d1a728cf63abf54be4167dd9beec5d9d37
Author:     Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
AuthorDate: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:21:53 +0900
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:48:40 +0100

kprobes/x86: Remove unneeded arch_within_kprobe_blacklist from x86

Remove x86 specific arch_within_kprobe_blacklist().

Since we have already added all blacklisted symbols to the
kprobe blacklist by arch_populate_kprobe_blacklist(),
we don't need arch_within_kprobe_blacklist() on x86
anymore.

Tested-by: Andrea Righi <righi.andrea@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/154503491354.26176.13903264647254766066.stgit@devbox
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c | 8 --------
 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
index 6011a4a90f0a..d5f88fe57064 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
@@ -1026,14 +1026,6 @@ int kprobe_fault_handler(struct pt_regs *regs, int trapnr)
 }
 NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(kprobe_fault_handler);
 
-bool arch_within_kprobe_blacklist(unsigned long addr)
-{
-	return  (addr >= (unsigned long)__kprobes_text_start &&
-		 addr < (unsigned long)__kprobes_text_end) ||
-		(addr >= (unsigned long)__entry_text_start &&
-		 addr < (unsigned long)__entry_text_end);
-}
-
 int __init arch_populate_kprobe_blacklist(void)
 {
 	return kprobe_add_area_blacklist((unsigned long)__entry_text_start,