linux-kernel - [PATCH 52/53] x86/alternatives: Add comment about noinstr expectations

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Message-ID: <20250411054105.2341982-53-mingo@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 07:41:04 +0200
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 52/53] x86/alternatives: Add comment about noinstr expectations

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 231b2acbe360..604dd608d281 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -2447,6 +2447,11 @@ static struct smp_text_poke_array {
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(atomic_t, text_poke_array_refs);
 
+/*
+ * These four __always_inline annotations imply noinstr, necessary
+ * due to smp_text_poke_int3_handler() being noinstr:
+ */
+
 static __always_inline bool try_get_text_poke_array(void)
 {
 	atomic_t *refs = this_cpu_ptr(&text_poke_array_refs);
-- 
2.45.2