linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH bpf-next 2/5] x86/alternative: introduce text_poke

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Date:   Tue, 17 May 2022 21:09:57 +0000
From:   Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>
To:     "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "song@...nel.org" <song@...nel.org>,
        "bpf@...r.kernel.org" <bpf@...r.kernel.org>,
        "daniel@...earbox.net" <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        "Torvalds, Linus" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "peterz@...radead.org" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Kernel Team <Kernel-team@...com>,
        "ast@...nel.org" <ast@...nel.org>,
        "mcgrof@...nel.org" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next 2/5] x86/alternative: introduce text_poke_set



> On May 17, 2022, at 12:16 PM, Edgecombe, Rick P <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 2022-05-15 at 22:40 -0700, Song Liu wrote:
>> +static void text_poke_memset(void *dst, const void *src, size_t len)
>> +{
>> +       int c = *(int *)src;
> 
> It casts away the const unnecessarily. It could be *(const int *)src.

I will fix this in the next version. Or we can ask the maintainer to 
fix it when applying the patches. 

Thanks,
Song

> 
>> +
>> +       memset(dst, c, len);
>> +}
>> +