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Message-ID: <174436574070.31282.7865255954237542519.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 10:02:20 -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 'struct
 bp_patching_desc' to 'struct text_poke_int3_vec'

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

Commit-ID:     84e5ba949b0a3fcf2fd0a1b6c9ce14d8436dbbb8
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/84e5ba949b0a3fcf2fd0a1b6c9ce14d8436dbbb8
Author:        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
AuthorDate:    Fri, 11 Apr 2025 07:40:15 +02:00
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:01:33 +02:00

x86/alternatives: Rename 'struct bp_patching_desc' to 'struct text_poke_int3_vec'

Follow the INT3 text-poking nomenclature, and also adopt the
'vector' name for the entire object, instead of the rather
opaque 'descriptor' naming.

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/20250411054105.2341982-4-mingo@kernel.org
---
 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 5f44814..8edf7d3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -2471,17 +2471,17 @@ struct text_poke_loc {
 	u8 old;
 };

-struct bp_patching_desc {
+struct text_poke_int3_vec {
 	struct text_poke_loc *vec;
 	int nr_entries;
 };

 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(atomic_t, bp_refs);

-static struct bp_patching_desc bp_desc;
+static struct text_poke_int3_vec bp_desc;

 static __always_inline
-struct bp_patching_desc *try_get_desc(void)
+struct text_poke_int3_vec *try_get_desc(void)
 {
 	atomic_t *refs = this_cpu_ptr(&bp_refs);

@@ -2517,7 +2517,7 @@ static __always_inline int patch_cmp(const void *key, const void *elt)

 noinstr int poke_int3_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	struct bp_patching_desc *desc;
+	struct text_poke_int3_vec *desc;
 	struct text_poke_loc *tp;
 	int ret = 0;
 	void *ip;