linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 2/2] powerpc/process: Constify the number of insns printed by show instructions functions.

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Message-Id: <3f5e23cc370269e752adc8b04340ebed72347fbf.1536180109.git.christophe.leroy@c-s.fr>
Date:   Thu,  6 Sep 2018 08:51:13 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
To:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>, muriloo@...ux.ibm.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] powerpc/process: Constify the number of insns printed
 by show instructions functions.

instructions_to_print var is assigned value 16 and there is no
way to change it.

This patch replaces it by a constant.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c | 11 +++++------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index 31d5d8a2ead6..c9a77512d0a8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -1260,17 +1260,16 @@ struct task_struct *__switch_to(struct task_struct *prev,
 	return last;
 }
 
-static int instructions_to_print = 16;
+#define NR_INSN_TO_PRINT	16
 
 static void show_instructions(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	int i;
-	unsigned long pc = regs->nip - (instructions_to_print * 3 / 4 *
-			sizeof(int));
+	unsigned long pc = regs->nip - (NR_INSN_TO_PRINT * 3 / 4 * sizeof(int));
 
 	printk("Instruction dump:");
 
-	for (i = 0; i < instructions_to_print; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < NR_INSN_TO_PRINT; i++) {
 		int instr;
 
 		if (!(i % 8))
@@ -1303,11 +1302,11 @@ static void show_instructions(struct pt_regs *regs)
 void show_user_instructions(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	unsigned long pc;
-	int n = instructions_to_print;
+	int n = NR_INSN_TO_PRINT;
 	struct seq_buf s;
 	char buf[96]; /* enough for 8 times 9 + 2 chars */
 
-	pc = regs->nip - (instructions_to_print * 3 / 4 * sizeof(int));
+	pc = regs->nip - (NR_INSN_TO_PRINT * 3 / 4 * sizeof(int));
 
 	seq_buf_init(&s, buf, sizeof(buf));
 
-- 
2.13.3