linux-kernel - [tip:perf/core] kprobes: Remove pointless BUG_ON() from reuse_unused

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Date:   Tue, 11 Sep 2018 23:52:58 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Masami Hiramatsu <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        hpa@...or.com, mhiramat@...nel.org, mingo@...nel.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        tglx@...utronix.de, anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com,
        peterz@...radead.org
Subject: [tip:perf/core] kprobes: Remove pointless BUG_ON() from
 reuse_unused_kprobe()

Commit-ID:  a6d18e65dff2b73ceeb187c598b48898e36ad7b1
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/a6d18e65dff2b73ceeb187c598b48898e36ad7b1
Author:     Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
AuthorDate: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 19:20:11 +0900
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 08:01:16 +0200

kprobes: Remove pointless BUG_ON() from reuse_unused_kprobe()

Since reuse_unused_kprobe() is called when the given kprobe
is unused, checking it inside again with BUG_ON() is
pointless. Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com>
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>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/153666121154.21306.17540752948574483565.stgit@devbox
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/kprobes.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index 231569e1e2c8..277a6cbe83db 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -704,7 +704,6 @@ static void reuse_unused_kprobe(struct kprobe *ap)
 {
 	struct optimized_kprobe *op;
 
-	BUG_ON(!kprobe_unused(ap));
 	/*
 	 * Unused kprobe MUST be on the way of delayed unoptimizing (means
 	 * there is still a relative jump) and disabled.