linux-kernel - Re: powerpc/lib: Use patch_site to patch copy

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Date:   Mon, 13 Aug 2018 21:23:16 +1000 (AEST)
From:   Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: powerpc/lib: Use patch_site to patch copy_32 functions once cache is enabled

On Thu, 2018-08-09 at 08:14:41 UTC, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> The symbol memcpy_nocache_branch defined in order to allow patching
> of memset function once cache is enabled leads to confusing reports
> by perf tool.
> 
> Using the new patch_site functionality solves this issue.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>

Applied to powerpc next, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/fa54a981ea7a852c145b05c95abba1

cheers