linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/9] s390: kprobes: Use is

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Message-ID: <YNmeLhfWf3Rs6yRA@osiris>
Date:   Mon, 28 Jun 2021 12:02:22 +0200
From:   Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/9] s390: kprobes: Use is_kernel() helper

On Sat, Jun 26, 2021 at 03:34:37PM +0800, Kefeng Wang wrote:
> Use is_kernel() helper instead of is_kernel_addr().
> 
> Cc: Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
> Cc: linux-s390@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>
> ---
>  arch/s390/kernel/kprobes.c | 9 ++-------
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
...
> -static inline int is_kernel_addr(void *addr)
> -{
> -	return addr < (void *)_end;
> -}
> -
>  static int s390_get_insn_slot(struct kprobe *p)
>  {
>  	/*
> @@ -105,7 +100,7 @@ static int s390_get_insn_slot(struct kprobe *p)
>  	 * field can be patched and executed within the insn slot.
>  	 */
>  	p->ainsn.insn = NULL;
> -	if (is_kernel_addr(p->addr))
> +	if (is_kernel(p->addr))
>  		p->ainsn.insn = get_s390_insn_slot();
>  	else if (is_module_addr(p->addr))
>  		p->ainsn.insn = get_insn_slot();
> @@ -117,7 +112,7 @@ static void s390_free_insn_slot(struct kprobe *p)
>  {
>  	if (!p->ainsn.insn)
>  		return;
> -	if (is_kernel_addr(p->addr))
> +	if (is_kernel(p->addr))
>  		free_s390_insn_slot(p->ainsn.insn, 0);
>  	else
>  		free_insn_slot(p->ainsn.insn, 0);

Given that this makes sense its own, and I can't follow the discussion
of the patch series due to missing cc, I applied this to the s390 tree
- and also fixed up the missing unsigned long casts.

Thanks!