From: Jason Baron 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 LKML-Reference: <04cfddf2ba77bcabfc3e524f1849d871d6a1cf9d.1284733808.git.jbaron@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h | 2 ++ arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h index 27a35b6..634bf78 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 1849d80..083bd01 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; -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/