Re: [PATCH v12 01/10] arm64: Remove NULL task check from unwind_frame()

[Mark Rutland]

On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 10:52:03AM -0600, madvenka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: "Madhavan T. Venkataraman" <madvenka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Currently, there is a check for a NULL task in unwind_frame(). It is not
> needed since all current consumers pass a non-NULL task.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Madhavan T. Venkataraman <madvenka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>

Mark.

> ---
>  arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c | 3 ---
>  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c
> index 0fb58fed54cb..5f5bb35b7b41 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c
> @@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ static int notrace unwind_frame(struct task_struct *tsk,
>  	unsigned long fp = frame->fp;
>  	struct stack_info info;
>  
> -	if (!tsk)
> -		tsk = current;
> -
>  	/* Final frame; nothing to unwind */
>  	if (fp == (unsigned long)task_pt_regs(tsk)->stackframe)
>  		return -ENOENT;
> -- 
> 2.25.1
>