On Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 01:30:46PM +1100, Benjamin Gray wrote:
> On Thu, 2023-11-30 at 15:55 +0530, Naveen N Rao wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 04:01:45PM +1100, Benjamin Gray wrote:
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h
> > > b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patchin
On Thu, 2023-11-30 at 15:55 +0530, Naveen N Rao wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 04:01:45PM +1100, Benjamin Gray wrote:
> > patch_instruction() is designed for patching instructions in
> > otherwise
> > readonly memory. Other consumers also sometimes need to patch
> > readonly
> > memory, so have a
On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 04:01:45PM +1100, Benjamin Gray wrote:
> patch_instruction() is designed for patching instructions in otherwise
> readonly memory. Other consumers also sometimes need to patch readonly
> memory, so have abused patch_instruction() for arbitrary data patches.
>
> This is a pr
patch_instruction() is designed for patching instructions in otherwise
readonly memory. Other consumers also sometimes need to patch readonly
memory, so have abused patch_instruction() for arbitrary data patches.
This is a problem on ppc64 as patch_instruction() decides on the patch
width using th
