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authorJeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>2010-11-16 11:06:22 -0800
committerJeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>2010-11-16 11:06:22 -0800
commit20b4755e4fbb226eb42951bd40b53fcbce9ef944 (patch)
tree43da70e0b32ee423d3643ecd422821383411ab72 /arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
parent744f9f104ea262de1dc3e29265870c649f0d9473 (diff)
parente53beacd23d9cb47590da6a7a7f6d417b941a994 (diff)
Merge commit 'v2.6.37-rc2' into upstream/xenfs
* commit 'v2.6.37-rc2': (10093 commits) Linux 2.6.37-rc2 capabilities/syslog: open code cap_syslog logic to fix build failure i2c: Sanity checks on adapter registration i2c: Mark i2c_adapter.id as deprecated i2c: Drivers shouldn't include <linux/i2c-id.h> i2c: Delete unused adapter IDs i2c: Remove obsolete cleanup for clientdata include/linux/kernel.h: Move logging bits to include/linux/printk.h Fix gcc 4.5.1 miscompiling drivers/char/i8k.c (again) hwmon: (w83795) Check for BEEP pin availability hwmon: (w83795) Clear intrusion alarm immediately hwmon: (w83795) Read the intrusion state properly hwmon: (w83795) Print the actual temperature channels as sources hwmon: (w83795) List all usable temperature sources hwmon: (w83795) Expose fan control method hwmon: (w83795) Fix fan control mode attributes hwmon: (lm95241) Check validity of input values hwmon: Change mail address of Hans J. Koch PCI: sysfs: fix printk warnings GFS2: Fix inode deallocation race ...
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c32
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index f65ab8b014c4..5079f24c955a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static void __init_or_module add_nops(void *insns, unsigned int len)
extern struct alt_instr __alt_instructions[], __alt_instructions_end[];
extern s32 __smp_locks[], __smp_locks_end[];
-static void *text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len);
+void *text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len);
/* Replace instructions with better alternatives for this CPU type.
This runs before SMP is initialized to avoid SMP problems with
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ void __init alternative_instructions(void)
* instructions. And on the local CPU you need to be protected again NMI or MCE
* handlers seeing an inconsistent instruction while you patch.
*/
-static void *__init_or_module text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode,
+void *__init_or_module text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode,
size_t len)
{
unsigned long flags;
@@ -637,7 +637,33 @@ void *__kprobes text_poke_smp(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len)
tpp.len = len;
atomic_set(&stop_machine_first, 1);
wrote_text = 0;
- stop_machine(stop_machine_text_poke, (void *)&tpp, NULL);
+ /* Use __stop_machine() because the caller already got online_cpus. */
+ __stop_machine(stop_machine_text_poke, (void *)&tpp, cpu_online_mask);
return addr;
}
+#if defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE) || defined(HAVE_JUMP_LABEL)
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+unsigned char ideal_nop5[5] = { 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x90 };
+#else
+unsigned char ideal_nop5[5] = { 0x3e, 0x8d, 0x74, 0x26, 0x00 };
+#endif
+
+void __init arch_init_ideal_nop5(void)
+{
+ /*
+ * There is no good nop for all x86 archs. This selection
+ * algorithm should be unified with the one in find_nop_table(),
+ * but this should be good enough for now.
+ *
+ * For cases other than the ones below, use the safe (as in
+ * always functional) defaults above.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+ /* Don't use these on 32 bits due to broken virtualizers */
+ if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL)
+ memcpy(ideal_nop5, p6_nops[5], 5);
+#endif
+}
+#endif