linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 2/8] x86: allow to call text_poke

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Date:	Tue, 10 Dec 2013 17:08:27 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.cz>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/8] x86: allow to call text_poke_bp during boot

On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 11:01:57AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> That can be changed in a later patch if needed. It's a static function
> so the visibility is limited. Not to mention, it was just moved from
> ftrace.c which calls it run_sync().

Moved?

The diffstat has only

 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 17 ++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

or is the move in yet another patch?

> We need to keep the same name for the move to not confuse the history
> of where it came from.

Whatever makes you ftrace dudes happy. :-)

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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