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Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 17:25:52 +0200
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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Subject: Re: [BUG 4.2-rc8] Interrupt occurs while apply_alternatives() is
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On Fri, Sep 04, 2015 at 03:37:24PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> I pondered the buffer/text_poke variant, but that's too much of a
> hassle for a fix supposed to go to stable.

True.

> Resourcewise you could use the buffer which is available in
> apply_alternatives anyway.

I'll poke at it when I get back - who knows, it might get not too ugly
to keep it alive...

Thanks.

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