Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755147Ab3GJU0D (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:26:03 -0400 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:45096 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754725Ab3GJU0B (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:26:01 -0400 Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 22:25:58 +0200 (CEST) From: Jiri Kosina To: Masami Hiramatsu , Steven Rostedt , Jason Baron , "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [RFC] [PATCH 2/2] x86: make jump_label use int3-based patching In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LNX 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1724 Lines: 50 Make jump labels use text_poke_bp() for text patching instead of text_poke_smp(), avoiding the need for stop_machine(). Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina --- 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 2889b3d..460f5d9 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(); } -- 1.7.3.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/