linux-kernel - [PATCH 38/41] x86/alternatives: Add documentation for text_poke_int3

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Message-ID: <20250327205355.378659-39-mingo@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 21:53:51 +0100
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH 38/41] x86/alternatives: Add documentation for text_poke_int3_queue()

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 6e2fab1768e2..ba322a29aefd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -2873,6 +2873,19 @@ static void text_poke_int3_flush(void *addr)
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * text_poke_int3_queue() -- update instruction on live kernel on SMP, batched
+ * @addr:	address to patch
+ * @opcode:	opcode of new instruction
+ * @len:	length to copy
+ * @emulate:	instruction to be emulated
+ *
+ * Add a new instruction to the current queue of to-be-patched instructions
+ * the kernel maintains. The patching request will not be executed immediately,
+ * but becomes part of an array of patching requests, optimized for batched
+ * execution. All pending patching requests will be executed on the next
+ * text_poke_int3_finish() call.
+ */
 void __ref text_poke_int3_queue(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len, const void *emulate)
 {
 	text_poke_int3_flush(addr);
-- 
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