linux-kernel - [tip:x86/irq] x86/irq/32: Make irq stack a character array

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Message-ID: <tip-231c4846b106d526fa212b02b37447d3f2fcc99d@git.kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 17 Apr 2019 07:18:00 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner <tipbot@...or.com>
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Subject: [tip:x86/irq] x86/irq/32: Make irq stack a character array

Commit-ID:  231c4846b106d526fa212b02b37447d3f2fcc99d
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/231c4846b106d526fa212b02b37447d3f2fcc99d
Author:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
AuthorDate: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 18:00:00 +0200
Committer:  Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
CommitDate: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 15:21:21 +0200

x86/irq/32: Make irq stack a character array

There is no reason to have an u32 array in struct irq_stack. The only
purpose of the array is to size the struct properly.

Preparatory change for sharing struct irq_stack with 64-bit.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Cc: Pingfan Liu <kernelfans@...il.com>
Cc: Pu Wen <puwen@...on.cn>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc: x86-ml <x86@...nel.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190414160145.736241969@linutronix.de
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 8b4bf732e1b5..ff3f469ab2d4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU_ALIGNED(struct stack_canary, stack_canary);
  * per-CPU IRQ handling stacks
  */
 struct irq_stack {
-	u32			stack[IRQ_STACK_SIZE / sizeof(u32)];
+	char			stack[IRQ_STACK_SIZE];
 } __aligned(IRQ_STACK_SIZE);
 
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct irq_stack *, hardirq_stack);