Re: [PATCH 10/13] x86/alternative: Support indirect call replacement

2017-11-17 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 10/04/17 08:58, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > Add alternative patching support for replacing an instruction with an > indirect call. This will be needed for the paravirt alternatives. I have a patchset that generalizes the alternatives in what I think is a more robust way. I really, really want to

Re: [PATCH 10/13] x86/alternative: Support indirect call replacement

2017-11-16 Thread Juergen Gross
On 16/11/17 22:19, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 01:25:02PM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote: >> On 04/10/17 17:58, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: >>> Add alternative patching support for replacing an instruction with an >>> indirect call. This will be needed for the paravirt alternatives. >>>

Re: [PATCH 10/13] x86/alternative: Support indirect call replacement

2017-11-16 Thread Josh Poimboeuf
On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 01:25:02PM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote: > On 04/10/17 17:58, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > > Add alternative patching support for replacing an instruction with an > > indirect call. This will be needed for the paravirt alternatives. > > > > Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf > > ---

Re: [PATCH 10/13] x86/alternative: Support indirect call replacement

2017-10-25 Thread Juergen Gross
On 04/10/17 17:58, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > Add alternative patching support for replacing an instruction with an > indirect call. This will be needed for the paravirt alternatives. > > Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf > --- > arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 22 +++--- > 1 file chan

[PATCH 10/13] x86/alternative: Support indirect call replacement

2017-10-04 Thread Josh Poimboeuf
Add alternative patching support for replacing an instruction with an indirect call. This will be needed for the paravirt alternatives. Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf --- arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 22 +++--- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/arc