On Thu, 1 May 2003, Andi Kleen wrote:
>
> If your machine BUG()s in apply_alternatives at booting
> or module loading you need this patch.
I applied it, but I don't have to like it..
How about doing this differently, and having something like this:
#define nop_alternative(newinstr, feature) \
".section .altinstructions,\"a\"\n" \
" .align 4\n"
" .long 660f\n"
" .long 663f\n"
" .byte %c0\n"
" .byte 0\n"
" .byte 664f-663f\n"
".previous\n"
".section .altinstr_replacement",\"ax\"\n"
"663:\n\t" newinstr "\n664:\n"
".previous"
"660:\n\t"
".rept 664b-663b, 0x90\n\t"
and making "sourcelen==0" a special case for replacement (replace with the
proper destination length nop, instead of having that "0x90 0x90 0x90"
sequence).
This allows you to use arbitrary-sized things without having to worry
about having to have the size right, or without having to use
unnecessarily long nop-sequences. You'll always get the right-size nop.
Linus
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