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perf/hwbp: Simplify the perf-hwbp code, fix documentation
authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 27 Mar 2018 01:39:07 +0000 (15:39 -1000)
committerKleber Sacilotto de Souza <kleber.souza@canonical.com>
Wed, 2 May 2018 09:50:35 +0000 (11:50 +0200)
commit144984d0f8492345c99e377166dd9b0df8083326
tree1afd33c24e803516c04fd7fc60263f02a91295c2
parent0fccdbcac112cdc9234c52026af14675a47d8bc6
perf/hwbp: Simplify the perf-hwbp code, fix documentation

CVE-2018-1000199

Annoyingly, modify_user_hw_breakpoint() unnecessarily complicates the
modification of a breakpoint - simplify it and remove the pointless
local variables.

Also update the stale Docbook while at it.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
(cherry picked from commit f67b15037a7a50c57f72e69a6d59941ad90a0f0f)
Signed-off-by: Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Kleber Sacilotto de Souza <kleber.souza@canonical.com>
kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c