linux-kernel - Re: alternatives in modules

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Message-ID: <20070918124240.GB19953@Krystal>
Date:	Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:42:40 -0400
From:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
To:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: alternatives in modules

* Denys Vlasenko (vda.linux@...glemail.com) wrote:
> Hi Mathieu,
> 
> I was looking through kernel/module.c and if understand it
> correctly, it doesn't handle .altinstructions in modules at all.
> Am I reading code correctly?

Hi Denys,

See
arch/i386/kernel/module.c:module_finalize()
it calls apply_alternatives().
(and is called by load_module)

Mathieu

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> vda

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