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diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/umip.c b/arch/x86/kernel/umip.c
index 548fefed71ee..4d732a444711 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/umip.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/umip.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/*
- * umip.c Emulation for instruction protected by the Intel User-Mode
- * Instruction Prevention feature
+ * umip.c Emulation for instruction protected by the User-Mode Instruction
+ * Prevention feature
*
* Copyright (c) 2017, Intel Corporation.
* Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@linux.intel.com>
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
/** DOC: Emulation for User-Mode Instruction Prevention (UMIP)
*
- * The feature User-Mode Instruction Prevention present in recent Intel
- * processor prevents a group of instructions (SGDT, SIDT, SLDT, SMSW and STR)
- * from being executed with CPL > 0. Otherwise, a general protection fault is
- * issued.
+ * User-Mode Instruction Prevention is a security feature present in recent
+ * x86 processors that, when enabled, prevents a group of instructions (SGDT,
+ * SIDT, SLDT, SMSW and STR) from being run in user mode by issuing a general
+ * protection fault if the instruction is executed with CPL > 0.
*
* Rather than relaying to the user space the general protection fault caused by
* the UMIP-protected instructions (in the form of a SIGSEGV signal), it can be
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ const char * const umip_insns[5] = {
#define umip_pr_err(regs, fmt, ...) \
umip_printk(regs, KERN_ERR, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
-#define umip_pr_warning(regs, fmt, ...) \
+#define umip_pr_warn(regs, fmt, ...) \
umip_printk(regs, KERN_WARNING, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
/**
@@ -380,14 +380,14 @@ bool fixup_umip_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
if (umip_inst < 0)
return false;
- umip_pr_warning(regs, "%s instruction cannot be used by applications.\n",
+ umip_pr_warn(regs, "%s instruction cannot be used by applications.\n",
umip_insns[umip_inst]);
/* Do not emulate (spoof) SLDT or STR. */
if (umip_inst == UMIP_INST_STR || umip_inst == UMIP_INST_SLDT)
return false;
- umip_pr_warning(regs, "For now, expensive software emulation returns the result.\n");
+ umip_pr_warn(regs, "For now, expensive software emulation returns the result.\n");
if (emulate_umip_insn(&insn, umip_inst, dummy_data, &dummy_data_size,
user_64bit_mode(regs)))