linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V4 5/9] x86/alternative: Split text_poke

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Date:   Wed, 6 Feb 2019 20:07:26 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Chris von Recklinghausen <crecklin@...hat.com>,
        Jason Baron <jbaron@...mai.com>, Scott Wood <swood@...hat.com>,
        Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
        Clark Williams <williams@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 5/9] x86/alternative: Split text_poke_bp() into tree
 steps

On Mon, Feb 04, 2019 at 08:58:58PM +0100, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira wrote:
> text_poke_bp() updates instructions on live kernel on SMP in three steps:
>  1) add a int3 trap to the address that will be patched
>  2) update all but the first byte of the patched range
>  3) replace the first byte (int3) by the first byte of
> 
> This patch creates one function for each of these steps.

s/This patch creates/Create/

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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