From: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx> text_poke() already ensures that the written value is the correct one and fails if that is not the case. There is no need for an additional comparison. Remove it. Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c | 14 +------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c index 2b203ee5b879..13b13311b792 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c @@ -747,7 +747,6 @@ void kgdb_arch_set_pc(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long ip) int kgdb_arch_set_breakpoint(struct kgdb_bkpt *bpt) { int err; - char opc[BREAK_INSTR_SIZE]; bpt->type = BP_BREAKPOINT; err = probe_kernel_read(bpt->saved_instr, (char *)bpt->bpt_addr, @@ -766,11 +765,6 @@ int kgdb_arch_set_breakpoint(struct kgdb_bkpt *bpt) return -EBUSY; text_poke_kgdb((void *)bpt->bpt_addr, arch_kgdb_ops.gdb_bpt_instr, BREAK_INSTR_SIZE); - err = probe_kernel_read(opc, (char *)bpt->bpt_addr, BREAK_INSTR_SIZE); - if (err) - return err; - if (memcmp(opc, arch_kgdb_ops.gdb_bpt_instr, BREAK_INSTR_SIZE)) - return -EINVAL; bpt->type = BP_POKE_BREAKPOINT; return err; @@ -778,9 +772,6 @@ int kgdb_arch_set_breakpoint(struct kgdb_bkpt *bpt) int kgdb_arch_remove_breakpoint(struct kgdb_bkpt *bpt) { - int err; - char opc[BREAK_INSTR_SIZE]; - if (bpt->type != BP_POKE_BREAKPOINT) goto knl_write; /* @@ -791,10 +782,7 @@ int kgdb_arch_remove_breakpoint(struct kgdb_bkpt *bpt) goto knl_write; text_poke_kgdb((void *)bpt->bpt_addr, bpt->saved_instr, BREAK_INSTR_SIZE); - err = probe_kernel_read(opc, (char *)bpt->bpt_addr, BREAK_INSTR_SIZE); - if (err || memcmp(opc, bpt->saved_instr, BREAK_INSTR_SIZE)) - goto knl_write; - return err; + return 0; knl_write: return probe_kernel_write((char *)bpt->bpt_addr, -- 2.17.1