linux-kernel - [RFC patch 07/41] arm64/stacktrace: Remove the pointless ULONG

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Date:   Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:28:01 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: [RFC patch 07/41] arm64/stacktrace: Remove the pointless ULONG_MAX
 marker

Terminating the last trace entry with ULONG_MAX is a completely pointless
exercise and none of the consumers can rely on it because it's
inconsistently implemented across architectures. In fact quite some of the
callers remove the entry and adjust stack_trace.nr_entries afterwards.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c |    4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c
@@ -140,8 +140,6 @@ void save_stack_trace_regs(struct pt_reg
 #endif
 
 	walk_stackframe(current, &frame, save_trace, &data);
-	if (trace->nr_entries < trace->max_entries)
-		trace->entries[trace->nr_entries++] = ULONG_MAX;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(save_stack_trace_regs);
 
@@ -172,8 +170,6 @@ static noinline void __save_stack_trace(
 #endif
 
 	walk_stackframe(tsk, &frame, save_trace, &data);
-	if (trace->nr_entries < trace->max_entries)
-		trace->entries[trace->nr_entries++] = ULONG_MAX;
 
 	put_task_stack(tsk);
 }