The return value of text_poke() is meaningless - it is one of the
function inputs. One day someone may allow the callers to deal with
text_poke() failures, if those actually happen.
In the meanwhile, remove the return value.
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 3 +--
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h
index ffe7902cc326..1f73f71b4de2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ extern void *text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len);
* On the local CPU you need to be protected again NMI or MCE handlers seeing an
* inconsistent instruction while you patch.
*/
-extern void *text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len);
+extern void text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len);
extern int poke_int3_handler(struct pt_regs *regs);
extern void *text_poke_bp(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len, void *handler);
extern int after_bootmem;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 2b976296c9f3..840448ca357e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ static void text_poke_safe(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len,
* holding the mutex and ensures that none of them will acquire the
* mutex while the code runs.
*/
-void *text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len)
+void text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len)
{
bool cross_page_boundary = offset_in_page(addr) + len > PAGE_SIZE;
struct page *pages[2] = {0};
@@ -851,7 +851,6 @@ void *text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len)
BUG_ON(memcmp(addr, opcode, len));
local_irq_restore(flags);
- return addr;
}
static void do_sync_core(void *info)
--
2.17.1
