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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c index 7038b95d363f..4a234677e213 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ 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 - self modifying code. This implies that assymetric systems where + self modifying code. This implies that asymmetric systems where APs have less capabilities than the boot processor are not handled. Tough. Make sure you disable such features by hand. */ @@ -620,7 +620,12 @@ static int __kprobes stop_machine_text_poke(void *data) flush_icache_range((unsigned long)p->addr, (unsigned long)p->addr + p->len); } - + /* + * Intel Archiecture Software Developer's Manual section 7.1.3 specifies + * that a core serializing instruction such as "cpuid" should be + * executed on _each_ core before the new instruction is made visible. + */ + sync_core(); return 0; } |