linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 1/9] kexec_file: Remove unused members from struct kexec

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Date:	Tue, 21 Jun 2016 16:48:33 -0300
From:	Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:	kexec@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/9] kexec_file: Remove unused members from struct kexec_buf.

kexec_add_buffer uses kexec_buf.buffer and kexec_buf.bufsz to pass along
its own arguments buffer and bufsz, but since they aren't used anywhere
else, it's pointless.

Signed-off-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc: kexec@...ts.infradead.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Acked-by: Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>
---
 kernel/kexec_file.c     | 6 ++----
 kernel/kexec_internal.h | 2 --
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c
index 01ab82a40d22..b6eec7527e9f 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_file.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c
@@ -464,8 +464,6 @@ int kexec_add_buffer(struct kimage *image, char *buffer, unsigned long bufsz,
 	memset(&buf, 0, sizeof(struct kexec_buf));
 	kbuf = &buf;
 	kbuf->image = image;
-	kbuf->buffer = buffer;
-	kbuf->bufsz = bufsz;
 
 	kbuf->memsz = ALIGN(memsz, PAGE_SIZE);
 	kbuf->buf_align = max(buf_align, PAGE_SIZE);
@@ -489,8 +487,8 @@ int kexec_add_buffer(struct kimage *image, char *buffer, unsigned long bufsz,
 
 	/* Found a suitable memory range */
 	ksegment = &image->segment[image->nr_segments];
-	ksegment->kbuf = kbuf->buffer;
-	ksegment->bufsz = kbuf->bufsz;
+	ksegment->kbuf = buffer;
+	ksegment->bufsz = bufsz;
 	ksegment->mem = kbuf->mem;
 	ksegment->memsz = kbuf->memsz;
 	image->nr_segments++;
diff --git a/kernel/kexec_internal.h b/kernel/kexec_internal.h
index 0a52315d9c62..eefd5bf960c2 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_internal.h
+++ b/kernel/kexec_internal.h
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ struct kexec_sha_region {
  */
 struct kexec_buf {
 	struct kimage *image;
-	char *buffer;
-	unsigned long bufsz;
 	unsigned long mem;
 	unsigned long memsz;
 	unsigned long buf_align;
-- 
1.9.1