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    rseq: Remove superfluous rseq_len from task_struct · 83b0b15b
    Mathieu Desnoyers authored
    The rseq system call, when invoked with flags of "0" or
    "RSEQ_FLAG_UNREGISTER" values, expects the rseq_len parameter to
    be equal to sizeof(struct rseq), which is fixed-size and fixed-layout,
    specified in uapi linux/rseq.h.
    
    Expecting a fixed size for rseq_len is a design choice that ensures
    multiple libraries and application defining __rseq_abi in the same
    process agree on its exact size.
    
    Considering that this size is and will always be the same value, there
    is no point in saving this value within task_struct rseq_len. Remove
    this field from task_struct.
    
    No change in functionality intended.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarPeter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
    Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
    Cc: Ben Maurer <bmaurer@fb.com>
    Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
    Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
    Cc: Chris Lameter <cl@linux.com>
    Cc: Dave Watson <davejwatson@fb.com>
    Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
    Cc: Joel Fernandes <joelaf@google.com>
    Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
    Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
    Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@google.com>
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
    Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
    Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
    Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
    Cc: linux-api@vger.kernel.org
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190305194755.2602-3-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.comSigned-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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