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authorAndy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>2016-04-26 22:23:24 +0300
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2016-04-29 12:56:40 +0300
commit35de5b0692aaa1f99803044526f2cc00ff864426 (patch)
tree732d75585dc712e55261d61b6653a3a63db95a07 /arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
parentffc5fce9a96303c3e16232a6bdf8827af6adb604 (diff)
downloadlinux-35de5b0692aaa1f99803044526f2cc00ff864426.tar.xz
x86/asm: Stop depending on ptrace.h in alternative.h
alternative.h pulls in ptrace.h, which means that alternatives can't be used in anything referenced from ptrace.h, which is a mess. Break the dependency by pulling text patching helpers into their own header. Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/99b93b13f2c9eb671f5c98bba4c2cbdc061293a2.1461698311.git.luto@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h')
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1 files changed, 0 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
index 99afb665a004..be4496c961db 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
#include <linux/stddef.h>
#include <linux/stringify.h>
#include <asm/asm.h>
-#include <asm/ptrace.h>
/*
* Alternative inline assembly for SMP.
@@ -233,36 +232,4 @@ static inline int alternatives_text_reserved(void *start, void *end)
*/
#define ASM_NO_INPUT_CLOBBER(clbr...) "i" (0) : clbr
-struct paravirt_patch_site;
-#ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT
-void apply_paravirt(struct paravirt_patch_site *start,
- struct paravirt_patch_site *end);
-#else
-static inline void apply_paravirt(struct paravirt_patch_site *start,
- struct paravirt_patch_site *end)
-{}
-#define __parainstructions NULL
-#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.
- * Side-effect: any interrupt handler running between save and restore will have
- * the ability to write to read-only pages.
- *
- * Warning:
- * Code patching in the UP case is safe if NMIs and MCE handlers are stopped and
- * no thread can be preempted in the instructions being modified (no iret to an
- * invalid instruction possible) or if the instructions are changed from a
- * consistent state to another consistent state atomically.
- * On the local CPU you need to be protected again NMI or MCE handlers seeing an
- * inconsistent instruction while you patch.
- */
-extern void *text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len);
-extern int poke_int3_handler(struct pt_regs *regs);
-extern void *text_poke_bp(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len, void *handler);
-
#endif /* _ASM_X86_ALTERNATIVE_H */