From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757264Ab3GVKCH (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Jul 2013 06:02:07 -0400 Received: from mail-ea0-f169.google.com ([209.85.215.169]:35649 "EHLO mail-ea0-f169.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756117Ab3GVKCE (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Jul 2013 06:02:04 -0400 Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:01:58 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: Ingo Molnar , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" , Jiri Kosina , Steven Rostedt , Jason Baron , yrl.pp-manager.tt@hitachi.com, Borislav Petkov Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH -tip 3/3] x86: Remove unused text_poke_smp and text_poke_smp_batch Message-ID: <20130722100158.GB908@gmail.com> References: <20130718114738.26675.85914.stgit@mhiramat-M0-7522> <20130718114753.26675.18714.stgit@mhiramat-M0-7522> <20130722074339.GA25976@gmail.com> <20130722082104.GA26823@gmail.com> <51ECEF8D.60109@hitachi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <51ECEF8D.60109@hitachi.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Masami Hiramatsu wrote: > (2013/07/22 17:21), Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > * Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > >> > >> * Masami Hiramatsu wrote: > >> > >>> Since introducing the text_poke_bp for all text_poke_smp* > >>> callers, text_poke_smp* are now unused. This basically > >>> reverts 3d55cc8a, 7deb18dc and related commits. > >>> > >>> This also fixes a Kconfig dependency issue on STOP_MACHINE > >>> in the case of CONFIG_SMP && !CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD. > >>> > >>> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu > >>> --- > >>> arch/x86/Kconfig | 5 -- > >>> arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h | 11 ---- > >>> arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 98 +----------------------------------- > >>> 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 112 deletions(-) > >> > >> Hm, it does not build with the attached config: > >> > >> arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c: In function 'setup_optimize_kprobe': > >> arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c:394:6: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type > >> arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c:395:6: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type > >> arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c:396:6: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type > > > > 32-bit appears to be the key pattern. > > Ingo, please make sure your x86/jumplabel tree picked all of my patches. > This 3/3 strongly depends on the previous 1/3 and 2/3. > Without it, kprobes/opt.c can not be build because it still uses the > text_poke_params data structure which 3/3 removes. Yes I know, and it was on top of -tip which already had these included: 51b2c07b2226 x86: Make jump_label use int3-based patching fd4363fff3d9 x86: Introduce int3 (breakpoint)-based instruction patching without these the third patch wouldn't even apply I think. Thanks, Ingo