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Message-ID: <20250328132704.1901674-40-mingo@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:26:54 +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 39/49] x86/alternatives: Simplify text_poke_addr_ordered()

 - Use direct 'void *' pointer comparison, there's no
   need to force the type to 'unsigned long'.

 - Remove the 'tp' local variable indirection

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index b0bd8cd524c5..27f1c7bdd384 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -2838,8 +2838,6 @@ static void __smp_text_poke_batch_add(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len
  */
 static bool text_poke_addr_ordered(void *addr)
 {
-	struct smp_text_poke_loc *tp;
-
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!addr);
 
 	if (!text_poke_array.nr_entries)
@@ -2851,8 +2849,7 @@ static bool text_poke_addr_ordered(void *addr)
 	 * is violated and we must first flush all pending patching
 	 * requests:
 	 */
-	tp = &text_poke_array.vec[text_poke_array.nr_entries-1];
-	if ((unsigned long)text_poke_addr(tp) > (unsigned long)addr)
+	if (text_poke_addr(text_poke_array.vec + text_poke_array.nr_entries-1) > addr)
 		return false;
 
 	return true;
-- 
2.45.2


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