Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Nov 2021 10:04:07 +0000 | From | Will Deacon <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] scripts/sorttable: Unify arm64 & x86 sort functions |
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On Mon, Nov 08, 2021 at 11:42:20AM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote: > The format of the arm64 and x86 exception table entries is essentially > the same as of commits: > > 46d28947d9876fc0 ("x86/extable: Rework the exception table mechanics") > d6e2cc5647753825 ("arm64: extable: add `type` and `data` fields") > > Both use a 12-byte entry consisting of two 32-bit relative offsets and > 32 bits of (absolute) data, and their sort functions are identical aside > from commentary, with arm64 saying: > > /* Don't touch the fixup type or data */ > > ... and x86 saying: > > /* Don't touch the fixup type */ > > Unify the two behind a common sort_relative_table_with_data() function, > retaining the arm64 commentary. > > There should be no functional change as a result of this patch. > > Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> > Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> > Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> > Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> > Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> > Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > --- > scripts/sorttable.c | 36 +++--------------------------------- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Will
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