linux-kernel - [PATCH 47/49] x86/alternatives: Remove 'smp_text_poke_batch

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Message-ID: <20250328132704.1901674-48-mingo@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:27:02 +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 47/49] x86/alternatives: Remove 'smp_text_poke_batch_flush()'

It only has a single user left, merge it into smp_text_poke_batch_add()
and remove the helper function.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 11 ++---------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index df718a4e88c2..6de97646b4d6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -2831,14 +2831,6 @@ void smp_text_poke_batch_finish(void)
 		smp_text_poke_batch_process();
 }
 
-static void smp_text_poke_batch_flush(void *addr)
-{
-	lockdep_assert_held(&text_mutex);
-
-	if (text_poke_array.nr_entries == TEXT_POKE_ARRAY_MAX || !text_poke_addr_ordered(addr))
-		smp_text_poke_batch_process();
-}
-
 /**
  * smp_text_poke_batch_add() -- update instruction on live kernel on SMP, batched
  * @addr:	address to patch
@@ -2854,7 +2846,8 @@ static void smp_text_poke_batch_flush(void *addr)
  */
 void __ref smp_text_poke_batch_add(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len, const void *emulate)
 {
-	smp_text_poke_batch_flush(addr);
+	if (text_poke_array.nr_entries == TEXT_POKE_ARRAY_MAX || !text_poke_addr_ordered(addr))
+		smp_text_poke_batch_process();
 	__smp_text_poke_batch_add(addr, opcode, len, emulate);
 }
 
-- 
2.45.2