linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] x86/alternatives for v7.0-rc1

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Message-ID: <20260209222328.GAaYpeYELvFnGh7n8r@fat_crate.local>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 23:23:28 +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/alternatives for v7.0-rc1

Hi Linus,

please pull the x86/alternatives lineup for v7.0-rc1.

Thx.

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The following changes since commit 9ace4753a5202b02191d54e9fdf7f9e3d02b85eb:

  Linux 6.19-rc4 (2026-01-04 14:41:55 -0800)

are available in the Git repository at:

  ssh://git@...olite.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip tags/x86_alternatives_for_v7.0_rc1

for you to fetch changes up to a4233c21e77375494223ade11da72523a0149d97:

  x86/alternative: Patch a single alternative location only once (2026-01-07 16:13:00 +0100)

----------------------------------------------------------------
- Reorganize the alternatives patching mechanism to patch a single
  location only once instead of multiple times as it was the case with
  the two or three alternative options macros

----------------------------------------------------------------
Juergen Gross (2):
      x86/alternative: Use helper functions for patching alternatives
      x86/alternative: Patch a single alternative location only once

 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 149 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 92 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)


-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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