On Fri, Apr 01, 2016 at 10:20:40AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote:
> >>> On 24.03.16 at 21:00, wrote:
> > --- a/xen/arch/x86/alternative.c
> > +++ b/xen/arch/x86/alternative.c
> > @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
> > extern struct alt_instr __alt_instructions[], __alt_instructions_end[];
> >
> > #ifdef K8_NOP1
> >
>>> On 24.03.16 at 21:00, wrote:
> --- a/xen/arch/x86/alternative.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/alternative.c
> @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
> extern struct alt_instr __alt_instructions[], __alt_instructions_end[];
>
> #ifdef K8_NOP1
> -static const unsigned char k8nops[] __initconst = {
> +static const unsigne
From: Ross Lagerwall
Add support for applying alternative sections within xsplice payload.
At payload load time, apply an alternative sections that are found.
Also we add an test-case exercising a rather useless alternative
(patching a NOP with a NOP) - but it does exercise the code-path.
Signe
