linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] x86/paravirt for v6.8

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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:08:23 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: x86-ml <x86@...nel.org>, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [GIT PULL] x86/paravirt for v6.8

Hi Linus,

please pull the x86/paravirt pile of changes for v6.8.

Thx.

---

The following changes since commit b85ea95d086471afb4ad062012a4d73cd328fa86:

  Linux 6.7-rc1 (2023-11-12 16:19:07 -0800)

are available in the Git repository at:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git tags/x86_paravirt_for_v6.8

for you to fetch changes up to 7991ed43587d1106315208cc289c851d6915d4a3:

  x86/alternative: Correct feature bit debug output (2023-12-30 12:25:55 +0100)

----------------------------------------------------------------
- Replace the paravirt patching functionality using the alternatives
  infrastructure and remove the former

- Misc other improvements

----------------------------------------------------------------
Borislav Petkov (AMD) (1):
      x86/alternative: Correct feature bit debug output

Hou Wenlong (2):
      x86/paravirt: Use relative reference for the original instruction offset
      x86/paravirt: Make the struct paravirt_patch_site packed

Juergen Gross (5):
      x86/paravirt: Introduce ALT_NOT_XEN
      x86/paravirt: Move some functions and defines to alternative.c
      x86/alternative: Add indirect call patching
      x86/paravirt: Switch mixed paravirt/alternative calls to alternatives
      x86/paravirt: Remove no longer needed paravirt patching code

 arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h        |  30 ++++++-
 arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h           |  79 +++++-------------
 arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h     |  87 ++++++-------------
 arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock_paravirt.h |   4 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h      |  12 ---
 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c             | 134 +++++++++++++++---------------
 arch/x86/kernel/callthunks.c              |  17 ++--
 arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c                     |   4 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/module.c                  |  20 ++---
 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c                |  54 ++----------
 arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S             |  13 ---
 arch/x86/tools/relocs.c                   |   2 +-
 arch/x86/xen/irq.c                        |   2 +-
 13 files changed, 169 insertions(+), 289 deletions(-)


-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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