This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
selftests/x86/pkeys: Remove unused functions
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:
selftests-x86-pkeys-remove-unused-functions.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.
>From ce676638fe7b284132a7d7d5e7e7ad81bab9947e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 08:26:17 +0100
Subject: selftests/x86/pkeys: Remove unused functions
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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit ce676638fe7b284132a7d7d5e7e7ad81bab9947e upstream.
This also gets rid of two build warnings:
protection_keys.c: In function ‘dumpit’:
protection_keys.c:419:3: warning: ignoring return value of ‘write’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result]
write(1, buf, nr_read);
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/x86/protection_keys.c | 28 --------------------------
1 file changed, 28 deletions(-)
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/protection_keys.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/protection_keys.c
@@ -381,34 +381,6 @@ pid_t fork_lazy_child(void)
return forkret;
}
-void davecmp(void *_a, void *_b, int len)
-{
- int i;
- unsigned long *a = _a;
- unsigned long *b = _b;
-
- for (i = 0; i < len / sizeof(*a); i++) {
- if (a[i] == b[i])
- continue;
-
- dprintf3("[%3d]: a: %016lx b: %016lx\n", i, a[i], b[i]);
- }
-}
-
-void dumpit(char *f)
-{
- int fd = open(f, O_RDONLY);
- char buf[100];
- int nr_read;
-
- dprintf2("maps fd: %d\n", fd);
- do {
- nr_read = read(fd, &buf[0], sizeof(buf));
- write(1, buf, nr_read);
- } while (nr_read > 0);
- close(fd);
-}
-
#define PKEY_DISABLE_ACCESS 0x1
#define PKEY_DISABLE_WRITE 0x2
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from mingo@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.9/x86-spectre-fix-an-error-message.patch
queue-4.9/nospec-move-array_index_nospec-parameter-checking-into-separate-macro.patch
queue-4.9/x86-nvmx-properly-set-spec_ctrl-and-pred_cmd-before-merging-msrs.patch
queue-4.9/x86-speculation-add-asm-msr-index.h-dependency.patch
queue-4.9/x86-cpu-rename-cpu_data.x86_mask-to-cpu_data.x86_stepping.patch
queue-4.9/x86-cpu-change-type-of-x86_cache_size-variable-to-unsigned-int.patch
queue-4.9/x86-speculation-update-speculation-control-microcode-blacklist.patch
queue-4.9/x86-speculation-correct-speculation-control-microcode-blacklist-again.patch
queue-4.9/selftests-x86-do-not-rely-on-int-0x80-in-single_step_syscall.c.patch
queue-4.9/selftests-x86-mpx-fix-incorrect-bounds-with-old-_sigfault.patch
queue-4.9/selftests-x86-pkeys-remove-unused-functions.patch
queue-4.9/x86-speculation-fix-up-array_index_nospec_mask-asm-constraint.patch
queue-4.9/kvm-x86-reduce-retpoline-performance-impact-in-slot_handle_level_range-by-always-inlining-iterator-helper-methods.patch
queue-4.9/selftests-x86-do-not-rely-on-int-0x80-in-test_mremap_vdso.c.patch
queue-4.9/x86-speculation-clean-up-various-spectre-related-details.patch
queue-4.9/x86-entry-64-compat-clear-registers-for-compat-syscalls-to-reduce-speculation-attack-surface.patch