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Date:   Thu, 27 Oct 2022 00:43:16 +0200
From:   наб <nabijaczleweli@...ijaczleweli.xyz>
To:     unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@...a.pv.it>,
        Alex Shi <alexs@...nel.org>,
        Yanteng Si <siyanteng@...ngson.cn>,
        Hu Haowen <src.res@...il.cn>, Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc-tw-discuss@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: [PATCH 09/15] x86/APM: remove APM_BIOS_MAGIC

We have largely moved away from this approach,
and we have better debugging instrumentation nowadays: kill it

Ref: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/YyMlovoskUcHLEb7@kroah.com/
Signed-off-by: Ahelenia Ziemiańska <nabijaczleweli@...ijaczleweli.xyz>
---
 Documentation/process/magic-number.rst                   | 1 -
 .../translations/it_IT/process/magic-number.rst          | 1 -
 .../translations/zh_CN/process/magic-number.rst          | 1 -
 .../translations/zh_TW/process/magic-number.rst          | 1 -
 arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c                                 | 9 +--------
 5 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/magic-number.rst b/Documentation/process/magic-number.rst
index d8ffbc21872e..77a96a79c7e8 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/magic-number.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/magic-number.rst
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ Changelog::
 ===================== ================ ======================== ==========================================
 Magic Name            Number           Structure                File
 ===================== ================ ======================== ==========================================
-APM_BIOS_MAGIC        0x4101           apm_user                 ``arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c``
 FASYNC_MAGIC          0x4601           fasync_struct            ``include/linux/fs.h``
 SLIP_MAGIC            0x5302           slip                     ``drivers/net/slip.h``
 HDLCDRV_MAGIC         0x5ac6e778       hdlcdrv_state            ``include/linux/hdlcdrv.h``
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/magic-number.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/magic-number.rst
index 0e59704aa617..ef509265a3df 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/magic-number.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/magic-number.rst
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ Registro dei cambiamenti::
 ===================== ================ ======================== ==========================================
 Nome magico           Numero           Struttura                File
 ===================== ================ ======================== ==========================================
-APM_BIOS_MAGIC        0x4101           apm_user                 ``arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c``
 FASYNC_MAGIC          0x4601           fasync_struct            ``include/linux/fs.h``
 SLIP_MAGIC            0x5302           slip                     ``drivers/net/slip.h``
 HDLCDRV_MAGIC         0x5ac6e778       hdlcdrv_state            ``include/linux/hdlcdrv.h``
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/magic-number.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/magic-number.rst
index 17a73661ef17..6437c408dd67 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/magic-number.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/magic-number.rst
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ Linux 魔术数
 ===================== ================ ======================== ==========================================
 魔术数名              数字             结构                     文件
 ===================== ================ ======================== ==========================================
-APM_BIOS_MAGIC        0x4101           apm_user                 ``arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c``
 FASYNC_MAGIC          0x4601           fasync_struct            ``include/linux/fs.h``
 SLIP_MAGIC            0x5302           slip                     ``drivers/net/slip.h``
 HDLCDRV_MAGIC         0x5ac6e778       hdlcdrv_state            ``include/linux/hdlcdrv.h``
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/process/magic-number.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/process/magic-number.rst
index 9d44d49b93bf..453cc205e6c3 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/process/magic-number.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/process/magic-number.rst
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ Linux 魔術數
 ===================== ================ ======================== ==========================================
 魔術數名              數字             結構                     文件
 ===================== ================ ======================== ==========================================
-APM_BIOS_MAGIC        0x4101           apm_user                 ``arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c``
 FASYNC_MAGIC          0x4601           fasync_struct            ``include/linux/fs.h``
 SLIP_MAGIC            0x5302           slip                     ``drivers/net/slip.h``
 HDLCDRV_MAGIC         0x5ac6e778       hdlcdrv_state            ``include/linux/hdlcdrv.h``
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c
index 60e330cdbd17..f3dd21dc56b7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c
@@ -330,7 +330,6 @@ extern int (*console_blank_hook)(int);
  * The per-file APM data
  */
 struct apm_user {
-	int		magic;
 	struct apm_user *next;
 	unsigned int	suser: 1;
 	unsigned int	writer: 1;
@@ -346,11 +345,6 @@ struct apm_user {
 	apm_event_t	events[APM_MAX_EVENTS];
 };
 
-/*
- * The magic number in apm_user
- */
-#define APM_BIOS_MAGIC		0x4101
-
 /*
  * idle percentage above which bios idle calls are done
  */
@@ -1459,7 +1453,7 @@ static void apm_mainloop(void)
 
 static int check_apm_user(struct apm_user *as, const char *func)
 {
-	if (as == NULL || as->magic != APM_BIOS_MAGIC) {
+	if (as == NULL) {
 		pr_err("%s passed bad filp\n", func);
 		return 1;
 	}
@@ -1616,7 +1610,6 @@ static int do_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	if (as == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	as->magic = APM_BIOS_MAGIC;
 	as->event_tail = as->event_head = 0;
 	as->suspends_pending = as->standbys_pending = 0;
 	as->suspends_read = as->standbys_read = 0;
-- 
2.30.2

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