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authorJason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>2010-09-17 11:08:56 -0400
committerSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>2010-09-20 18:19:51 -0400
commitfa6f2cc77081792e4edca9168420a3422299ef15 (patch)
treea37b9019a0017ba13585447392f0c98b2f7cb51b /arch
parentf49aa448561fe9215f43405cac6f31eb86317792 (diff)
jump label: Make text_poke_early() globally visible
Make text_poke_early available outside of alternative.c. The jump label patchset wants to make use of it in order to set up the optimal no-op sequences at run-time. Signed-off-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com> LKML-Reference: <04cfddf2ba77bcabfc3e524f1849d871d6a1cf9d.1284733808.git.jbaron@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c4
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
index 27a35b689180..634bf782dca5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ static inline void apply_paravirt(struct paravirt_patch_site *start,
#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.
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 1849d8036ee8..083bd010d92c 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;