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| author | Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> | 2016-04-26 12:23:24 -0700 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2016-04-29 11:56:40 +0200 |
| commit | 35de5b0692aaa1f99803044526f2cc00ff864426 (patch) | |
| tree | 732d75585dc712e55261d61b6653a3a63db95a07 /arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h | |
| parent | ffc5fce9a96303c3e16232a6bdf8827af6adb604 (diff) | |
x86/asm: Stop depending on ptrace.h in alternative.h
alternative.h pulls in ptrace.h, which means that alternatives can't
be used in anything referenced from ptrace.h, which is a mess.
Break the dependency by pulling text patching helpers into their own
header.
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/99b93b13f2c9eb671f5c98bba4c2cbdc061293a2.1461698311.git.luto@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h | 33 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h index 99afb665a004..be4496c961db 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ #include <linux/stddef.h> #include <linux/stringify.h> #include <asm/asm.h> -#include <asm/ptrace.h> /* * Alternative inline assembly for SMP. @@ -233,36 +232,4 @@ static inline int alternatives_text_reserved(void *start, void *end) */ #define ASM_NO_INPUT_CLOBBER(clbr...) "i" (0) : clbr -struct paravirt_patch_site; -#ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT -void apply_paravirt(struct paravirt_patch_site *start, - struct paravirt_patch_site *end); -#else -static inline void apply_paravirt(struct paravirt_patch_site *start, - struct paravirt_patch_site *end) -{} -#define __parainstructions NULL -#define __parainstructions_end NULL -#endif - -extern void *text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len); - -/* - * Clear and restore the kernel write-protection flag on the local CPU. - * Allows the kernel to edit read-only pages. - * Side-effect: any interrupt handler running between save and restore will have - * the ability to write to read-only pages. - * - * Warning: - * Code patching in the UP case is safe if NMIs and MCE handlers are stopped and - * no thread can be preempted in the instructions being modified (no iret to an - * invalid instruction possible) or if the instructions are changed from a - * consistent state to another consistent state atomically. - * On the local CPU you need to be protected again NMI or MCE handlers seeing an - * inconsistent instruction while you patch. - */ -extern void *text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len); -extern int poke_int3_handler(struct pt_regs *regs); -extern void *text_poke_bp(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len, void *handler); - #endif /* _ASM_X86_ALTERNATIVE_H */ |