x86/alternatives: Remove the return value of text_poke_*()

The return value of text_poke_early() and text_poke_bp() is useless.
Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <[email protected]>
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Cc: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
Cc: Dave Hansen <[email protected]>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <[email protected]>
Cc: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <[email protected]>
Cc: Rik van Riel <[email protected]>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>

Author: anadav

arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ static inline void apply_paravirt(struct paravirt_patch_site *start,
 #define __parainstructions_end	NULL
 #endif
 
-extern void *text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len);
+extern void text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len);
 
 /*
  * Clear and restore the kernel write-protection flag on the local CPU.
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ extern void *text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len);
 extern void *text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len);
 extern void *text_poke_kgdb(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len);
 extern int poke_int3_handler(struct pt_regs *regs);
-extern void *text_poke_bp(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len, void *handler);
+extern void text_poke_bp(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len, void *handler);
 extern int after_bootmem;
 extern __ro_after_init struct mm_struct *poking_mm;
 extern __ro_after_init unsigned long poking_addr;

arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c

@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ static void __init_or_module add_nops(void *insns, unsigned int len)
 
 extern struct alt_instr __alt_instructions[], __alt_instructions_end[];
 extern s32 __smp_locks[], __smp_locks_end[];
-void *text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len);
+void text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len);
 
 /*
  * Are we looking at a near JMP with a 1 or 4-byte displacement.
@@ -667,8 +667,8 @@ void __init alternative_instructions(void)
  * instructions. And on the local CPU you need to be protected again NMI or MCE
  * handlers seeing an inconsistent instruction while you patch.
  */
-void *__init_or_module text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode,
-				       size_t len)
+void __init_or_module text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode,
+				      size_t len)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
@@ -691,7 +691,6 @@ void *__init_or_module text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode,
 		 * that causes hangs on some VIA CPUs.
 		 */
 	}
-	return addr;
 }
 
 __ro_after_init struct mm_struct *poking_mm;
@@ -893,7 +892,7 @@ NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(poke_int3_handler);
  *	  replacing opcode
  *	- sync cores
  */
-void *text_poke_bp(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len, void *handler)
+void text_poke_bp(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len, void *handler)
 {
 	unsigned char int3 = 0xcc;
 
@@ -935,7 +934,5 @@ void *text_poke_bp(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len, void *handler)
 	 * the writing of the new instruction.
 	 */
 	bp_patching_in_progress = false;
-
-	return addr;
 }