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| author | Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> | 2013-07-12 11:22:09 +0200 |
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| committer | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> | 2013-07-16 17:55:37 -0700 |
| commit | 51b2c07b22261f19188d9a9071943d60a067481c (patch) | |
| tree | c4c220205050ed11403ed8610fd557d44296bbb1 /arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c | |
| parent | fd4363fff3d96795d3feb1b3fb48ce590f186bdd (diff) | |
| download | blackbird-op-linux-51b2c07b22261f19188d9a9071943d60a067481c.tar.gz blackbird-op-linux-51b2c07b22261f19188d9a9071943d60a067481c.zip | |
x86: Make jump_label use int3-based patching
Make jump labels use text_poke_bp() for text patching instead of
text_poke_smp(), avoiding the need for stop_machine().
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.LNX.2.00.1307121120250.29788@pobox.suse.cz
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c b/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c index 2889b3d43882..460f5d9ceebb 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c @@ -37,7 +37,19 @@ static void __jump_label_transform(struct jump_entry *entry, } else memcpy(&code, ideal_nops[NOP_ATOMIC5], JUMP_LABEL_NOP_SIZE); - (*poker)((void *)entry->code, &code, JUMP_LABEL_NOP_SIZE); + /* + * Make text_poke_bp() a default fallback poker. + * + * At the time the change is being done, just ignore whether we + * are doing nop -> jump or jump -> nop transition, and assume + * always nop being the 'currently valid' instruction + * + */ + if (poker) + (*poker)((void *)entry->code, &code, JUMP_LABEL_NOP_SIZE); + else + text_poke_bp((void *)entry->code, &code, JUMP_LABEL_NOP_SIZE, + (void *)entry->code + JUMP_LABEL_NOP_SIZE); } void arch_jump_label_transform(struct jump_entry *entry, @@ -45,7 +57,7 @@ void arch_jump_label_transform(struct jump_entry *entry, { get_online_cpus(); mutex_lock(&text_mutex); - __jump_label_transform(entry, type, text_poke_smp); + __jump_label_transform(entry, type, NULL); mutex_unlock(&text_mutex); put_online_cpus(); } |
