linux-kernel - [PATCH -tip 4/5] [BUGFIX] x86: Use __stop_machine() in text_poke

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Date:	Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:10:36 +0900
From:	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 2nddept-manager@....hitachi.co.jp,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH -tip 4/5] [BUGFIX] x86: Use __stop_machine() in text_poke_smp()

Use __stop_machine() in text_poke_smp() because the caller
must get online_cpus before calling text_poke_smp(), but
stop_machine() do it again. We don't need it.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: x86@...nel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
---

 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index cb0e6d3..a36bb90 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -637,7 +637,8 @@ 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, NULL);
 	return addr;
 }
 

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