x86/ptrace: Remove unused regs_get_argument_nth API

Because of dropping function argument syntax from kprobe-tracer,
we don't need this API anymore.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: systemtap <systemtap@sources.redhat.com>
Cc: DLE <dle-develop@lists.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
LKML-Reference: <20100105224656.19431.92588.stgit@dhcp-100-2-132.bos.redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 9d369f6..2010280 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -274,10 +274,6 @@ static inline unsigned long regs_get_kernel_stack_nth(struct pt_regs *regs,
                return 0;
 }
 
-/* Get Nth argument at function call */
-extern unsigned long regs_get_argument_nth(struct pt_regs *regs,
-                                          unsigned int n);
-
 /*
  * These are defined as per linux/ptrace.h, which see.
  */

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
index 017d937..73554a3 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -140,30 +140,6 @@ static const int arg_offs_table[] = {
 #endif
 };
 
-/**
- * regs_get_argument_nth() - get Nth argument at function call
- * @regs:      pt_regs which contains registers at function entry.
- * @n:         argument number.
- *
- * regs_get_argument_nth() returns @n th argument of a function call.
- * Since usually the kernel stack will be changed right after function entry,
- * you must use this at function entry. If the @n th entry is NOT in the
- * kernel stack or pt_regs, this returns 0.
- */
-unsigned long regs_get_argument_nth(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int n)
-{
-       if (n < ARRAY_SIZE(arg_offs_table))
-               return *(unsigned long *)((char *)regs + arg_offs_table[n]);
-       else {
-               /*
-                * The typical case: arg n is on the stack.
-                * (Note: stack[0] = return address, so skip it)
-                */
-               n -= ARRAY_SIZE(arg_offs_table);
-               return regs_get_kernel_stack_nth(regs, 1 + n);
-       }
-}
-
 /*
  * does not yet catch signals sent when the child dies.
  * in exit.c or in signal.c.