linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 17/60] arm64: idreg-override: Omit non-NULL checks for override pointer

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Message-Id: <20230307140522.2311461-18-ardb@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue,  7 Mar 2023 15:04:39 +0100
From:   Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@....com>,
        Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 17/60] arm64: idreg-override: Omit non-NULL checks for override pointer

Now that override pointers are always set, we can drop the various
non-NULL checks that we have in the code.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c | 16 +++++-----------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
index 434703e4e55cb785..b6e90ee6857eb758 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
@@ -196,9 +196,6 @@ static void __init match_options(const char *cmdline)
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(regs); i++) {
 		int f;
 
-		if (!regs[i]->override)
-			continue;
-
 		for (f = 0; strlen(regs[i]->fields[f].name); f++) {
 			u64 shift = regs[i]->fields[f].shift;
 			u64 width = regs[i]->fields[f].width ?: 4;
@@ -299,10 +296,8 @@ asmlinkage void __init init_feature_override(u64 boot_status)
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(regs); i++) {
-		if (regs[i]->override) {
-			regs[i]->override->val  = 0;
-			regs[i]->override->mask = 0;
-		}
+		regs[i]->override->val  = 0;
+		regs[i]->override->mask = 0;
 	}
 
 	__boot_status = boot_status;
@@ -310,9 +305,8 @@ asmlinkage void __init init_feature_override(u64 boot_status)
 	parse_cmdline();
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(regs); i++) {
-		if (regs[i]->override)
-			dcache_clean_inval_poc((unsigned long)regs[i]->override,
-					    (unsigned long)regs[i]->override +
-					    sizeof(*regs[i]->override));
+		dcache_clean_inval_poc((unsigned long)regs[i]->override,
+				       (unsigned long)regs[i]->override +
+				       sizeof(*regs[i]->override));
 	}
 }
-- 
2.39.2