linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86/kexec: prefer _THIS_IP_ to current_text

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Date:   Wed,  1 Aug 2018 14:08:03 -0700
From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
To:     tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com
Cc:     natechancellor@...il.com,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] x86/kexec: prefer _THIS_IP_ to current_text_addr

As part of the effort to reduce the code duplication between _THIS_IP_
and current_text_addr(), let's consolidate callers of
current_text_addr() to use _THIS_IP_.

Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h
index f327236f0fa7..86924d594ecd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
 #include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ static inline void crash_setup_regs(struct pt_regs *newregs,
 		asm volatile("movl %%cs, %%eax;" :"=a"(newregs->cs));
 		asm volatile("pushfq; popq %0" :"=m"(newregs->flags));
 #endif
-		newregs->ip = (unsigned long)current_text_addr();
+		newregs->ip = _THIS_IP_;
 	}
 }
 
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