linux-kernel - [PATCH 41/49] x86/alternatives: Simplify and clean up patch

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Message-ID: <20250328132704.1901674-42-mingo@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:26:56 +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 41/49] x86/alternatives: Simplify and clean up patch_cmp()

- No need to cast over to 'struct smp_text_poke_loc *', void * is just fine
  for a binary search,

- Use the canonical (a, b) input parameter nomenclature of cmp_func_t
  functions and rename the input parameters from (tp, elt) to
  (tpl_a, tpl_b).

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 5823d4764d92..d784738369d5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -2498,13 +2498,11 @@ static __always_inline void *text_poke_addr(const struct smp_text_poke_loc *tp)
 	return _stext + tp->rel_addr;
 }
 
-static __always_inline int patch_cmp(const void *key, const void *elt)
+static __always_inline int patch_cmp(const void *tpl_a, const void *tpl_b)
 {
-	struct smp_text_poke_loc *tp = (struct smp_text_poke_loc *) elt;
-
-	if (key < text_poke_addr(tp))
+	if (tpl_a < text_poke_addr(tpl_b))
 		return -1;
-	if (key > text_poke_addr(tp))
+	if (tpl_a > text_poke_addr(tpl_b))
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.45.2