[RFC PATCH 11/21] treewide: Drop WARN_ON_FUNCTION_MISMATCH

From: Sami Tolvanen
Date: Fri Apr 29 2022 - 16:37:56 EST


CONFIG_CFI_CLANG no longer breaks cross-module function address
equality, which makes WARN_ON_FUNCTION_MISMATCH unnecessary. Remove
the definition and switch back to WARN_ON_ONCE.

Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/asm-generic/bug.h | 16 ----------------
kernel/kthread.c | 3 +--
kernel/workqueue.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bug.h b/include/asm-generic/bug.h
index edb0e2a602a8..a4c116dec698 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/bug.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/bug.h
@@ -219,22 +219,6 @@ void __warn(const char *file, int line, void *caller, unsigned taint,
# define WARN_ON_SMP(x) ({0;})
#endif

-/*
- * WARN_ON_FUNCTION_MISMATCH() warns if a value doesn't match a
- * function address, and can be useful for catching issues with
- * callback functions, for example.
- *
- * With CONFIG_CFI_CLANG, the warning is disabled because the
- * compiler replaces function addresses taken in C code with
- * local jump table addresses, which breaks cross-module function
- * address equality.
- */
-#if defined(CONFIG_CFI_CLANG) && defined(CONFIG_MODULES)
-# define WARN_ON_FUNCTION_MISMATCH(x, fn) ({ 0; })
-#else
-# define WARN_ON_FUNCTION_MISMATCH(x, fn) WARN_ON_ONCE((x) != (fn))
-#endif
-
#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */

#endif
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 50265f69a135..dfeb87876b4a 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -1050,8 +1050,7 @@ static void __kthread_queue_delayed_work(struct kthread_worker *worker,
struct timer_list *timer = &dwork->timer;
struct kthread_work *work = &dwork->work;

- WARN_ON_FUNCTION_MISMATCH(timer->function,
- kthread_delayed_work_timer_fn);
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(timer->function != kthread_delayed_work_timer_fn);

/*
* If @delay is 0, queue @dwork->work immediately. This is for
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 0d2514b4ff0d..18c1a1c09684 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -1651,7 +1651,7 @@ static void __queue_delayed_work(int cpu, struct workqueue_struct *wq,
struct work_struct *work = &dwork->work;

WARN_ON_ONCE(!wq);
- WARN_ON_FUNCTION_MISMATCH(timer->function, delayed_work_timer_fn);
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(timer->function != delayed_work_timer_fn);
WARN_ON_ONCE(timer_pending(timer));
WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&work->entry));

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2.36.0.464.gb9c8b46e94-goog