linux-kernel - [tip: x86/alternatives] x86/alternatives: Remove 'smp_text_poke_batch

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Message-ID: <174436570022.31282.13431832769152830235.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 10:01:40 -0000
From: "tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
 "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, x86@...nel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/alternatives] x86/alternatives: Remove
 'smp_text_poke_batch_flush()'

The following commit has been merged into the x86/alternatives branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     2c373ca0640f25361aee1bcf382fc8081830938e
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/2c373ca0640f25361aee1bcf382fc8081830938e
Author:        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
AuthorDate:    Fri, 11 Apr 2025 07:41:01 +02:00
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:01:35 +02:00

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>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Cc: "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250411054105.2341982-50-mingo@kernel.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 cd828c2..c0be066 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);
 }