Re: [PATCH V4 7/9] x86/alternative: Batch of patch operations

[Steven Rostedt]

On Fri, 15 Feb 2019 17:00:49 +0100
Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 2/14/19 3:40 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > On Thu, 14 Feb 2019 15:30:30 +0100
> > Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >   
> >>> 	void *trampoline;    
> >>
> >> Well, it ain't a trampoline either. It is a "temporary location to go to while
> >> patching is going on".  
> > 
> > 	void *detour;
> >   
> 
> The comment on top of text_poke_bp() defines:
> 
> handler:    address to jump to when the temporary breakpoint is hit
> 
> so, how about tmp_jump_addr?
> 
> well, detour works as well :-)
> 
> thoughts?
> 
>

"detour" sounds cool.

-- Steve