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Re: [PATCH v3] ia64: fix module loading for gcc-5.4+

From SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH v3] ia64: fix module loading for gcc-5.4+
Date 2017-04-10 19:30 +0200
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> +++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/module.c
> @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ slot (const struct insn *insn)
>  static int
>  apply_imm64 (struct module *mod, struct insn *insn, uint64_t val)
>  {

I have got another idea (after your clarification) for the suggested change.


> -	if (slot(insn) != 2) {
> +	if (slot(insn) != 1 && slot(insn) != 2) {

+	int const s = slot(insn);
+	if (s < 1 || s > 2) {

Do run time characteristics matter for such a condition check here?


>  		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: invalid slot number %d for IMM64\n",

-  		       mod->name, slot(insn));
+  		       mod->name, s);


>  		return 0;


How do you think about my update suggestion for this function implementation?

Regards,
Markus

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[PATCH v3] ia64: fix module loading for gcc-5.4 Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@gentoo.org> - 2017-04-08 22:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v3] ia64: fix module loading for gcc-5.4 SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2017-04-09 10:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v3] ia64: fix module loading for gcc-5.4 Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@gentoo.org> - 2017-04-09 11:00 +0200
      Re: ia64: fix module loading for gcc-5.4 SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2017-04-09 11:10 +0200
        Re: ia64: fix module loading for gcc-5.4 Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@gentoo.org> - 2017-04-09 12:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v3] ia64: fix module loading for gcc-5.4+ SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2017-04-10 19:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v3] ia64: fix module loading for gcc-5.4+ Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@gentoo.org> - 2017-04-11 00:00 +0200

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