Re: [PATCH] arm64: remove unneeded BUILD_BUG_ON assertion

From: Dawei Li
Date: Thu Feb 22 2024 - 04:30:12 EST


Hi,

On Fri, Feb 02, 2024 at 12:02:11PM +0800, Dawei Li wrote:
> Since commit c02433dd6de3 ("arm64: split thread_info from task stack"),
> CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK is enabled unconditionally for arm64. So
> remove this always-true assertion from arch_dup_task_struct.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dawei Li <dawei.li@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Just a gentle remainder:).

Thanks,

Dawei

> ---
> arch/arm64/kernel/process.c | 3 ---
> 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
> index 7387b68c745b..4ae31b7af6c3 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
> @@ -290,9 +290,6 @@ int arch_dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *dst, struct task_struct *src)
> fpsimd_preserve_current_state();
> *dst = *src;
>
> - /* We rely on the above assignment to initialize dst's thread_flags: */
> - BUILD_BUG_ON(!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK));
> -
> /*
> * Detach src's sve_state (if any) from dst so that it does not
> * get erroneously used or freed prematurely. dst's copies
> --
> 2.27.0
>