From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6DA1C10F11 for ; Wed, 10 Apr 2019 11:05:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D0C021905 for ; Wed, 10 Apr 2019 11:05:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730859AbfDJLFh (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Apr 2019 07:05:37 -0400 Received: from Galois.linutronix.de ([146.0.238.70]:58710 "EHLO Galois.linutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1730822AbfDJLFd (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Apr 2019 07:05:33 -0400 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=nanos.tec.linutronix.de) by Galois.linutronix.de with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1hEB2n-00051B-Rl; Wed, 10 Apr 2019 13:05:30 +0200 Message-Id: <20190410103643.843075256@linutronix.de> User-Agent: quilt/0.65 Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:27:57 +0200 From: Thomas Gleixner To: LKML Cc: Josh Poimboeuf , x86@kernel.org, Andy Lutomirski , Steven Rostedt , Alexander Potapenko , Russell King , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Subject: [RFC patch 03/41] arm/stacktrace: Remove the pointless ULONG_MAX marker References: <20190410102754.387743324@linutronix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Terminating the last trace entry with ULONG_MAX is a completely pointless exercise and none of the consumers can rely on it because it's inconsistently implemented across architectures. In fact quite some of the callers remove the entry and adjust stack_trace.nr_entries afterwards. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Russell King Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org --- arch/arm/kernel/stacktrace.c | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) --- a/arch/arm/kernel/stacktrace.c +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/stacktrace.c @@ -115,8 +115,6 @@ static noinline void __save_stack_trace( * running on another CPU? For now, ignore it as we * can't guarantee we won't explode. */ - if (trace->nr_entries < trace->max_entries) - trace->entries[trace->nr_entries++] = ULONG_MAX; return; #else frame.fp = thread_saved_fp(tsk); @@ -134,8 +132,6 @@ static noinline void __save_stack_trace( } walk_stackframe(&frame, save_trace, &data); - if (trace->nr_entries < trace->max_entries) - trace->entries[trace->nr_entries++] = ULONG_MAX; } void save_stack_trace_regs(struct pt_regs *regs, struct stack_trace *trace) @@ -153,8 +149,6 @@ void save_stack_trace_regs(struct pt_reg frame.pc = regs->ARM_pc; walk_stackframe(&frame, save_trace, &data); - if (trace->nr_entries < trace->max_entries) - trace->entries[trace->nr_entries++] = ULONG_MAX; } void save_stack_trace_tsk(struct task_struct *tsk, struct stack_trace *trace)