linux-kernel - [RFC patch 10/41] lockdep: Remove the ULONG

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Message-Id: <20190410103644.485737321@linutronix.de>
Date:   Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:28:04 +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>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Subject: [RFC patch 10/41] lockdep: Remove the ULONG_MAX stack trace hackery

No architecture terminates the stack trace with ULONG_MAX anymore. Remove
the cruft.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
---
 kernel/locking/lockdep.c |   11 -----------
 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
@@ -444,17 +444,6 @@ static int save_trace(struct stack_trace
 
 	save_stack_trace(trace);
 
-	/*
-	 * Some daft arches put -1 at the end to indicate its a full trace.
-	 *
-	 * <rant> this is buggy anyway, since it takes a whole extra entry so a
-	 * complete trace that maxes out the entries provided will be reported
-	 * as incomplete, friggin useless </rant>
-	 */
-	if (trace->nr_entries != 0 &&
-	    trace->entries[trace->nr_entries-1] == ULONG_MAX)
-		trace->nr_entries--;
-
 	trace->max_entries = trace->nr_entries;
 
 	nr_stack_trace_entries += trace->nr_entries;