This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled um: Cleanup compiler warning in arch/x86/um/tls_32.c to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: um-cleanup-compiler-warning-in-arch-x86-um-tls_32.c.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit dfd8ed6ae353b3f27e4ccf51d93f7ddb7274dd5b Author: Lukas Straub <lukasstraub2@xxxxxx> Date: Fri Aug 26 15:29:31 2022 +0000 um: Cleanup compiler warning in arch/x86/um/tls_32.c [ Upstream commit d27fff3499671dc23a08efd01cdb8b3764a391c4 ] arch.tls_array is statically allocated so checking for NULL doesn't make sense. This causes the compiler warning below. Remove the checks to silence these warnings. ../arch/x86/um/tls_32.c: In function 'get_free_idx': ../arch/x86/um/tls_32.c:68:13: warning: the comparison will always evaluate as 'true' for the address of 'tls_array' will never be NULL [-Waddress] 68 | if (!t->arch.tls_array) | ^ In file included from ../arch/x86/um/asm/processor.h:10, from ../include/linux/rcupdate.h:30, from ../include/linux/rculist.h:11, from ../include/linux/pid.h:5, from ../include/linux/sched.h:14, from ../arch/x86/um/tls_32.c:7: ../arch/x86/um/asm/processor_32.h:22:31: note: 'tls_array' declared here 22 | struct uml_tls_struct tls_array[GDT_ENTRY_TLS_ENTRIES]; | ^~~~~~~~~ ../arch/x86/um/tls_32.c: In function 'get_tls_entry': ../arch/x86/um/tls_32.c:243:13: warning: the comparison will always evaluate as 'true' for the address of 'tls_array' will never be NULL [-Waddress] 243 | if (!t->arch.tls_array) | ^ ../arch/x86/um/asm/processor_32.h:22:31: note: 'tls_array' declared here 22 | struct uml_tls_struct tls_array[GDT_ENTRY_TLS_ENTRIES]; | ^~~~~~~~~ Signed-off-by: Lukas Straub <lukasstraub2@xxxxxx> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> # build-tested Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/arch/x86/um/tls_32.c b/arch/x86/um/tls_32.c index 48e38584d5c1..0a4dba5f0542 100644 --- a/arch/x86/um/tls_32.c +++ b/arch/x86/um/tls_32.c @@ -65,9 +65,6 @@ static int get_free_idx(struct task_struct* task) struct thread_struct *t = &task->thread; int idx; - if (!t->arch.tls_array) - return GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MIN; - for (idx = 0; idx < GDT_ENTRY_TLS_ENTRIES; idx++) if (!t->arch.tls_array[idx].present) return idx + GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MIN; @@ -242,9 +239,6 @@ static int get_tls_entry(struct task_struct *task, struct user_desc *info, { struct thread_struct *t = &task->thread; - if (!t->arch.tls_array) - goto clear; - if (idx < GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MIN || idx > GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MAX) return -EINVAL;