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jump label: Make text_poke_early() globally visible

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Make text_poke_early available outside of alternative.c. The jump label
patchset wants to make use of it in order to set up the optimal no-op
sequences at run-time.

Signed-off-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>
LKML-Reference: <04cfddf2ba77bcabfc3e524f1849d871d6a1cf9d.1284733808.git.jbaron@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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Jason Baron
2010-09-17 11:08:56 -04:00
committed by Steven Rostedt
parent f49aa44856
commit fa6f2cc770
2 changed files with 4 additions and 2 deletions
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arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
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@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ static inline void apply_paravirt(struct paravirt_patch_site *start,
#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.