[PATCH v2 3/5] x86/stacktrace: remove STACKTRACE_DUMP_ONCE from __save_stack_trace_reliable

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The stack unwinding can sometimes fail yet. Especially with the
generated debug info. So do not yell at users -- live patching (the only
user of this interface) will inform the user about the failure
gracefully.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c
index 9193607e3ead..9da8af2922b6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c
@@ -123,10 +123,8 @@ __save_stack_trace_reliable(struct stack_trace *trace,
 		 * generated code which __kernel_text_address() doesn't know
 		 * about.
 		 */
-		if (!addr) {
-			STACKTRACE_DUMP_ONCE(task);
+		if (!addr)
 			return -EINVAL;
-		}
 
 		if (save_stack_address(trace, addr, false))
 			return -EINVAL;
-- 
2.15.1

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