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    SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH] x86: make text_poke() atomic
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    > Use map_vm_area() instead of vmap() in text_poke() for avoiding page
    > allocation and delayed unmapping, and call vunmap_page_range() and
    > local_flush_tlb() directly because this mapping is temporary and
    > local.
    >
    > At the result of above change, text_poke() becomes atomic and can be
    > called from stop_machine() etc.

    .... but text_poke() realistically needs to call stop_machine() since
    you can't poke live code.... so that makes me wonder how useful this
    is...


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