linux-kernel - [PATCH -tip v3 2/2] kprobes/x86: Remove addressof operators

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Date:   Fri, 18 Aug 2017 17:25:08 +0900
From:   Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        x86@...nel.org, Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
        Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH -tip v3 2/2] kprobes/x86: Remove addressof operators

Since commit 54a7d50b9205 ("x86: mark kprobe templates as
character arrays, not single characters") changes
optprobe_template_* to arrays, we can remove addressof
operators from those symbols.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/kprobes.h |    4 ++--
 arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c  |    8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kprobes.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kprobes.h
index 6cf65437b5e5..9f2e3102e0bb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kprobes.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kprobes.h
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ extern __visible kprobe_opcode_t optprobe_template_call[];
 extern __visible kprobe_opcode_t optprobe_template_end[];
 #define MAX_OPTIMIZED_LENGTH (MAX_INSN_SIZE + RELATIVE_ADDR_SIZE)
 #define MAX_OPTINSN_SIZE 				\
-	(((unsigned long)&optprobe_template_end -	\
-	  (unsigned long)&optprobe_template_entry) +	\
+	(((unsigned long)optprobe_template_end -	\
+	  (unsigned long)optprobe_template_entry) +	\
 	 MAX_OPTIMIZED_LENGTH + RELATIVEJUMP_SIZE)
 
 extern const int kretprobe_blacklist_size;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c
index 22e65f0b8b34..0cae7c0f32ec 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c
@@ -142,11 +142,11 @@ void optprobe_template_func(void);
 STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD(optprobe_template_func);
 
 #define TMPL_MOVE_IDX \
-	((long)&optprobe_template_val - (long)&optprobe_template_entry)
+	((long)optprobe_template_val - (long)optprobe_template_entry)
 #define TMPL_CALL_IDX \
-	((long)&optprobe_template_call - (long)&optprobe_template_entry)
+	((long)optprobe_template_call - (long)optprobe_template_entry)
 #define TMPL_END_IDX \
-	((long)&optprobe_template_end - (long)&optprobe_template_entry)
+	((long)optprobe_template_end - (long)optprobe_template_entry)
 
 #define INT3_SIZE sizeof(kprobe_opcode_t)
 
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ int arch_prepare_optimized_kprobe(struct optimized_kprobe *op,
 	}
 
 	/* Copy arch-dep-instance from template */
-	memcpy(buf, &optprobe_template_entry, TMPL_END_IDX);
+	memcpy(buf, optprobe_template_entry, TMPL_END_IDX);
 
 	/* Copy instructions into the out-of-line buffer */
 	ret = copy_optimized_instructions(buf + TMPL_END_IDX, op->kp.addr,