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

From: Borislav Petkov

Date: Mon Feb 09 2026 - 17:24:00 EST


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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/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)

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- 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

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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(-)


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