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Date:	Sun, 8 Mar 2009 15:51:41 GMT
From:	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, mhiramat@...hat.com, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [tip:tracing/core] tracing, Text Edit Lock - SMP alternatives support

Commit-ID:  3945dab45aa8c89014893bfa8eb1e1661a409cef
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/3945dab45aa8c89014893bfa8eb1e1661a409cef
Author:     "Masami Hiramatsu" <mhiramat@...hat.com>
AuthorDate: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 10:37:22 -0500
Commit:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 16:49:00 +0100

tracing, Text Edit Lock - SMP alternatives support

Use the mutual exclusion provided by the text edit lock in alternatives code.
Since alternative_smp_* will be called from module init code, etc,
we'd better protect it from other subsystems.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>
LKML-Reference: <49B14332.9030109@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>


---
 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 4c80f15..092a7b8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <linux/kprobes.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/memory.h>
 #include <asm/alternative.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
@@ -226,6 +227,7 @@ static void alternatives_smp_lock(u8 **start, u8 **end, u8 *text, u8 *text_end)
 {
 	u8 **ptr;
 
+	mutex_lock(&text_mutex);
 	for (ptr = start; ptr < end; ptr++) {
 		if (*ptr < text)
 			continue;
@@ -234,6 +236,7 @@ static void alternatives_smp_lock(u8 **start, u8 **end, u8 *text, u8 *text_end)
 		/* turn DS segment override prefix into lock prefix */
 		text_poke(*ptr, ((unsigned char []){0xf0}), 1);
 	};
+	mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);
 }
 
 static void alternatives_smp_unlock(u8 **start, u8 **end, u8 *text, u8 *text_end)
@@ -243,6 +246,7 @@ static void alternatives_smp_unlock(u8 **start, u8 **end, u8 *text, u8 *text_end
 	if (noreplace_smp)
 		return;
 
+	mutex_lock(&text_mutex);
 	for (ptr = start; ptr < end; ptr++) {
 		if (*ptr < text)
 			continue;
@@ -251,6 +255,7 @@ static void alternatives_smp_unlock(u8 **start, u8 **end, u8 *text, u8 *text_end
 		/* turn lock prefix into DS segment override prefix */
 		text_poke(*ptr, ((unsigned char []){0x3E}), 1);
 	};
+	mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);
 }
 
 struct smp_alt_module {
--
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