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Message-ID: <20250328132704.1901674-37-mingo@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:26:51 +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>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 36/49] x86/alternatives: Add documentation for smp_text_poke_batch_add()
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 a32959019589..1df8fac6740d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -2873,6 +2873,19 @@ static void smp_text_poke_batch_flush(void *addr)
}
}
+/**
+ * smp_text_poke_batch_add() -- 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
+ * smp_text_poke_batch_finish() call.
+ */
void __ref smp_text_poke_batch_add(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len, const void *emulate)
{
smp_text_poke_batch_flush(addr);
--
2.45.2
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