x86: Add support for lock prefix in alternatives
authorLuca Barbieri <luca@luca-barbieri.com>
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:54:22 +0000 (10:54 +0100)
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:46:23 +0000 (20:46 -0800)
commitb3ac891b67bd4b1fc728d1c784cad1212dea433d
treefda2067b546e9e6d9ff4e3a4a604bd17bbc6dd52
parent17c0e7107bed3d578864e6519f7f4e4c324c8f58
x86: Add support for lock prefix in alternatives

The current lock prefix UP/SMP alternative code doesn't allow
LOCK_PREFIX to be used in alternatives code.

This patch solves the problem by adding a new LOCK_PREFIX_ALTERNATIVE_PATCH
macro that only records the lock prefix location but does not emit
the prefix.

The user of this macro can then start any alternative sequence with
"lock" and have it UP/SMP patched.

To make this work, the UP/SMP alternative code is changed to do the
lock/DS prefix switching only if the byte actually contains a lock or
DS prefix.

Thus, if an alternative without the "lock" is selected, it will now do
nothing instead of clobbering the code.

Changes in v2:
- Naming change
- Change label to not conflict with alternatives

Signed-off-by: Luca Barbieri <luca@luca-barbieri.com>
LKML-Reference: <1267005265-27958-2-git-send-email-luca@luca-barbieri.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c