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Message-ID: <87h76x5fma.fsf@mpe.ellerman.id.au>
Date:   Wed, 13 Apr 2022 22:31:41 +1000
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] ELF: Remove elf_core_copy_kernel_regs()

Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> writes:
> + PPC ML as an FYI that this change will come through tip.

Ack.

cheers

> On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 11:39:51AM -0400, Brian Gerst wrote:
>> x86-32 was the last architecture that implemented separate user and
>> kernel registers.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c               | 2 +-
>>  arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-core.c | 2 +-
>>  include/linux/elfcore.h                    | 9 ---------
>>  kernel/kexec_core.c                        | 2 +-
>>  4 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
>> index 4fdb7c77fda1..c0cf17196d6c 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
>> @@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ u32 *__init fadump_regs_to_elf_notes(u32 *buf, struct pt_regs *regs)
>>  	 * FIXME: How do i get PID? Do I really need it?
>>  	 * prstatus.pr_pid = ????
>>  	 */
>> -	elf_core_copy_kernel_regs(&prstatus.pr_reg, regs);
>> +	elf_core_copy_regs(&prstatus.pr_reg, regs);
>>  	buf = append_elf_note(buf, CRASH_CORE_NOTE_NAME, NT_PRSTATUS,
>>  			      &prstatus, sizeof(prstatus));
>>  	return buf;
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-core.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-core.c
>> index 0331f1973f0e..dd6e99edff76 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-core.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-core.c
>> @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static void __init fill_prstatus(struct elf_prstatus *prstatus, int pir,
>>  			  struct pt_regs *regs)
>>  {
>>  	memset(prstatus, 0, sizeof(struct elf_prstatus));
>> -	elf_core_copy_kernel_regs(&(prstatus->pr_reg), regs);
>> +	elf_core_copy_regs(&(prstatus->pr_reg), regs);
>>  
>>  	/*
>>  	 * Overload PID with PIR value.
>> diff --git a/include/linux/elfcore.h b/include/linux/elfcore.h
>> index f8e206e82476..346a8b56cdc8 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/elfcore.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/elfcore.h
>> @@ -84,15 +84,6 @@ static inline void elf_core_copy_regs(elf_gregset_t *elfregs, struct pt_regs *re
>>  #endif
>>  }
>>  
>> -static inline void elf_core_copy_kernel_regs(elf_gregset_t *elfregs, struct pt_regs *regs)
>> -{
>> -#ifdef ELF_CORE_COPY_KERNEL_REGS
>> -	ELF_CORE_COPY_KERNEL_REGS((*elfregs), regs);
>> -#else
>> -	elf_core_copy_regs(elfregs, regs);
>> -#endif
>> -}
>> -
>>  static inline int elf_core_copy_task_regs(struct task_struct *t, elf_gregset_t* elfregs)
>>  {
>>  #if defined (ELF_CORE_COPY_TASK_REGS)
>> diff --git a/kernel/kexec_core.c b/kernel/kexec_core.c
>> index 68480f731192..be4b54c2c615 100644
>> --- a/kernel/kexec_core.c
>> +++ b/kernel/kexec_core.c
>> @@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ void crash_save_cpu(struct pt_regs *regs, int cpu)
>>  		return;
>>  	memset(&prstatus, 0, sizeof(prstatus));
>>  	prstatus.common.pr_pid = current->pid;
>> -	elf_core_copy_kernel_regs(&prstatus.pr_reg, regs);
>> +	elf_core_copy_regs(&prstatus.pr_reg, regs);
>>  	buf = append_elf_note(buf, KEXEC_CORE_NOTE_NAME, NT_PRSTATUS,
>>  			      &prstatus, sizeof(prstatus));
>>  	final_note(buf);
>> -- 
>> 2.35.1
>> 
>
> -- 
> Regards/Gruss,
>     Boris.
>
> https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette