linux-kernel - [PATCH 17/49] x86/alternatives: Rename 'struct int3_patching_desc' to 'struct text_poke_int3

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Message-ID: <20250328132704.1901674-18-mingo@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:26:32 +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>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 17/49] x86/alternatives: Rename 'struct int3_patching_desc' to 'struct text_poke_int3_vec'

Follow the INT3 text-poking nomenclature, and also adopt the
'vector' name for the entire object, instead of the rather
opaque 'descriptor' naming.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index c42bad65bb03..db5b06ea08d0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -2466,17 +2466,17 @@ struct smp_text_poke_loc {
 	u8 old;
 };
 
-struct int3_patching_desc {
+struct text_poke_int3_vec {
 	struct smp_text_poke_loc *vec;
 	int nr_entries;
 };
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(atomic_t, int3_refs);
 
-static struct int3_patching_desc int3_desc;
+static struct text_poke_int3_vec int3_desc;
 
 static __always_inline
-struct int3_patching_desc *try_get_desc(void)
+struct text_poke_int3_vec *try_get_desc(void)
 {
 	atomic_t *refs = this_cpu_ptr(&int3_refs);
 
@@ -2512,7 +2512,7 @@ static __always_inline int patch_cmp(const void *key, const void *elt)
 
 noinstr int smp_text_poke_int3_trap_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	struct int3_patching_desc *desc;
+	struct text_poke_int3_vec *desc;
 	struct smp_text_poke_loc *tp;
 	int ret = 0;
 	void *ip;
-- 
2.45.2