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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c12
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index fd44739828f7..aae7456ece07 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -255,6 +255,16 @@ static void __init_or_module noinline optimize_nops(u8 *instr, size_t len)
}
}
+static void __init_or_module noinline optimize_nops_inplace(u8 *instr, size_t len)
+{
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ local_irq_save(flags);
+ optimize_nops(instr, len);
+ sync_core();
+ local_irq_restore(flags);
+}
+
/*
* In this context, "source" is where the instructions are placed in the
* section .altinstr_replacement, for example during kernel build by the
@@ -438,7 +448,7 @@ void __init_or_module noinline apply_alternatives(struct alt_instr *start,
* patch if feature is *NOT* present.
*/
if (!boot_cpu_has(a->cpuid) == !(a->flags & ALT_FLAG_NOT)) {
- optimize_nops(instr, a->instrlen);
+ optimize_nops_inplace(instr, a->instrlen);
continue;
}