linux-kernel - [PATCH v13 01/11] arm64: Remove NULL task check from unwind

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Date:   Mon, 17 Jan 2022 08:55:58 -0600
From:   madvenka@...ux.microsoft.com
To:     mark.rutland@....com, broonie@...nel.org, jpoimboe@...hat.com,
        ardb@...nel.org, nobuta.keiya@...itsu.com,
        sjitindarsingh@...il.com, catalin.marinas@....com, will@...nel.org,
        jmorris@...ei.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        live-patching@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        madvenka@...ux.microsoft.com
Subject: [PATCH v13 01/11] arm64: Remove NULL task check from unwind_frame()

From: "Madhavan T. Venkataraman" <madvenka@...ux.microsoft.com>

Currently, there is a check for a NULL task in unwind_frame(). It is not
needed since all current consumers pass a non-NULL task.

Signed-off-by: Madhavan T. Venkataraman <madvenka@...ux.microsoft.com>
Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c
index 0fb58fed54cb..5f5bb35b7b41 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ static int notrace unwind_frame(struct task_struct *tsk,
 	unsigned long fp = frame->fp;
 	struct stack_info info;
 
-	if (!tsk)
-		tsk = current;
-
 	/* Final frame; nothing to unwind */
 	if (fp == (unsigned long)task_pt_regs(tsk)->stackframe)
 		return -ENOENT;
-- 
2.25.1