linux-kernel - [for-next][PATCH 2/4] powerpc: Remove initialisation of readpos

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Message-ID: <20231026012753.628263428@goodmis.org>
Date:   Wed, 25 Oct 2023 21:27:36 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>,
        Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>
Subject: [for-next][PATCH 2/4] powerpc: Remove initialisation of readpos

From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>

While powerpc doesn't use the seq_buf readpos, it did explicitly
initialise it for no good reason.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20231024145600.739451-1-willy@infradead.org

Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Cc: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Fixes: d0ed46b60396 ("tracing: Move readpos from seq_buf to trace_seq")
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
index 2f1026fba00d..34975532e44c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
@@ -601,7 +601,6 @@ struct seq_buf ppc_hw_desc __initdata = {
 	.buffer = ppc_hw_desc_buf,
 	.size = sizeof(ppc_hw_desc_buf),
 	.len = 0,
-	.readpos = 0,
 };
 
 static __init void probe_machine(void)
-- 
2.42.0