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Message-ID: <174436571956.31282.13107503301211335896.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 10:01:59 -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: Rename 'try_get_desc()' to
 'try_get_text_poke_array()'

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

Commit-ID:     46f3d9d329dec169c54a3b5b48deb1ba258689fc
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/46f3d9d329dec169c54a3b5b48deb1ba258689fc
Author:        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
AuthorDate:    Fri, 11 Apr 2025 07:40:41 +02:00
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:01:34 +02:00

x86/alternatives: Rename 'try_get_desc()' to 'try_get_text_poke_array()'

This better reflects what the underlying code is doing,
there's no 'descriptor' indirection anymore.

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/20250411054105.2341982-30-mingo@kernel.org
---
 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 9937345..02f123c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -2476,7 +2476,7 @@ static struct smp_text_poke_array {
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(atomic_t, text_poke_array_refs);
 
 static __always_inline
-struct smp_text_poke_array *try_get_desc(void)
+struct smp_text_poke_array *try_get_text_poke_array(void)
 {
 	atomic_t *refs = this_cpu_ptr(&text_poke_array_refs);
 
@@ -2530,7 +2530,7 @@ noinstr int smp_text_poke_int3_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	 */
 	smp_rmb();
 
-	desc = try_get_desc();
+	desc = try_get_text_poke_array();
 	if (!desc)
 		return 0;
 
@@ -2627,7 +2627,7 @@ static void smp_text_poke_batch_process(struct smp_text_poke_loc *tp, unsigned i
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(nr_entries != text_poke_array.nr_entries);
 
 	/*
-	 * Corresponds to the implicit memory barrier in try_get_desc() to
+	 * Corresponds to the implicit memory barrier in try_get_text_poke_array() to
 	 * ensure reading a non-zero refcount provides up to date text_poke_array data.
 	 */
 	for_each_possible_cpu(i)