Re: [PATCH] x86/alternative: delay freeing of smp_locks section

From: Peter Zijlstra

Date: Mon Mar 30 2026 - 15:39:57 EST


On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 07:44:00PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 08:16:32PM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > Since this fixes a fallout from memblock changes, I can take it together
> > with them via memblock tree with Ack from x86 folks if you prefer.
>
> Sure, once you send me a patch with a proper explanation which I can ack... :)

Another silly question; why not delete the whole SMP locks thing? I
mean, who cares about UP these days?