linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 04/12] powerpc: Prepare func_desc

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Date:   Mon, 18 Oct 2021 16:27:17 +1000
From:   Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc:     linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 04/12] powerpc: Prepare func_desc_t for refactorisation

Excerpts from Christophe Leroy's message of October 17, 2021 10:38 pm:
> In preparation of making func_desc_t generic, change the ELFv2
> version to a struct containing 'addr' element.
> 
> This allows using single helpers common to ELFv1 and ELFv2.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>

> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c | 32 ++++++++++++++------------------
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c
> index a89da0ee25e2..b687ef88c4c4 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c
> @@ -33,19 +33,13 @@
>  #ifdef PPC64_ELF_ABI_v2
>  
>  /* An address is simply the address of the function. */
> -typedef unsigned long func_desc_t;
> +typedef struct {
> +	unsigned long addr;
> +} func_desc_t;

I'm not quite following why this change is done. I guess it is so you 
can move this func_desc_t type into core code, but why do that? Is it
just to avoid using the preprocessor?

On its own this patch looks okay.

Acked-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>