linux-kernel - [PATCH 28/41] x86/alternatives: Rename 'try_get_desc()' to 'try_get_tp

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Message-ID: <20250327205355.378659-29-mingo@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 21:53:41 +0100
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH 28/41] x86/alternatives: Rename 'try_get_desc()' to 'try_get_tp_array()'

This better reflects what the underlying code is doing,
there's no 'descriptor' indirection anymore.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 3baef1827f3c..4b5ab9002e07 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -2476,7 +2476,7 @@ static struct text_poke_int3_array {
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(atomic_t, int3_refs);
 
 static __always_inline
-struct text_poke_int3_array *try_get_desc(void)
+struct text_poke_int3_array *try_get_tp_array(void)
 {
 	atomic_t *refs = this_cpu_ptr(&int3_refs);
 
@@ -2530,7 +2530,7 @@ noinstr int text_poke_int3_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	 */
 	smp_rmb();
 
-	desc = try_get_desc();
+	desc = try_get_tp_array();
 	if (!desc)
 		return 0;
 
@@ -2627,7 +2627,7 @@ static void text_poke_int3_batch(struct text_poke_int3_loc *tp, unsigned int nr_
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(nr_entries != tp_array.nr_entries);
 
 	/*
-	 * Corresponds to the implicit memory barrier in try_get_desc() to
+	 * Corresponds to the implicit memory barrier in try_get_tp_array() to
 	 * ensure reading a non-zero refcount provides up to date tp_array data.
 	 */
 	for_each_possible_cpu(i)
-- 
2.45.2