No need to have one implementation of patch_instruction() for CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX and one for !CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX.
In patch_instruction(), call raw_patch_instruction() when !CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX. In poking_init(), bail out immediately, it will be equivalent to the weak default implementation. Everything else is declared static and will be discarded by GCC when !CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX. Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.le...@csgroup.eu> --- v2 of the series is only a rebase over today's powerpc/next --- arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c | 16 +++++----------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c index 0c5fdfd4765d..98a7bbfc8f67 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c @@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ int raw_patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr) return __patch_instruction(addr, instr, addr); } -#ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX - struct patch_context { union { struct vm_struct *area; @@ -208,6 +206,9 @@ void __init poking_init(void) { int ret; + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX)) + return; + if (mm_patch_enabled()) ret = cpuhp_setup_state(CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN, "powerpc/text_poke_mm:online", @@ -358,7 +359,8 @@ static int do_patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr) * when text_poke_area is not ready, but we still need * to allow patching. We just do the plain old patching */ - if (!static_branch_likely(&poking_init_done)) + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX) || + !static_branch_likely(&poking_init_done)) return raw_patch_instruction(addr, instr); local_irq_save(flags); @@ -370,14 +372,6 @@ static int do_patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr) return err; } -#else /* !CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX */ - -static int do_patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr) -{ - return raw_patch_instruction(addr, instr); -} - -#endif /* CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX */ __ro_after_init DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(init_mem_is_free); -- 2.38.1