x86/asm: Stop depending on ptrace.h in alternative.h

alternative.h pulls in ptrace.h, which means that alternatives can't
be used in anything referenced from ptrace.h, which is a mess.

Break the dependency by pulling text patching helpers into their own
header.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/99b93b13f2c9eb671f5c98bba4c2cbdc061293a2.1461698311.git.luto@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 40 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..90395063383c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#ifndef _ASM_X86_TEXT_PATCHING_H
+#define _ASM_X86_TEXT_PATCHING_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/stddef.h>
+#include <asm/ptrace.h>
+
+struct paravirt_patch_site;
+#ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT
+void apply_paravirt(struct paravirt_patch_site *start,
+		    struct paravirt_patch_site *end);
+#else
+static inline void apply_paravirt(struct paravirt_patch_site *start,
+				  struct paravirt_patch_site *end)
+{}
+#define __parainstructions	NULL
+#define __parainstructions_end	NULL
+#endif
+
+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.
+ * Allows the kernel to edit read-only pages.
+ * Side-effect: any interrupt handler running between save and restore will have
+ * the ability to write to read-only pages.
+ *
+ * Warning:
+ * Code patching in the UP case is safe if NMIs and MCE handlers are stopped and
+ * no thread can be preempted in the instructions being modified (no iret to an
+ * invalid instruction possible) or if the instructions are changed from a
+ * consistent state to another consistent state atomically.
+ * On the local CPU you need to be protected again NMI or MCE handlers seeing an
+ * inconsistent instruction while you patch.
+ */
+extern void *text_poke(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);
+
+#endif /* _ASM_X86_TEXT_PATCHING_H */