Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Marco Ammon <> | Subject | [PATCH 1/3] x86: fix typo in comment for poke_text_early | Date | Mon, 2 Sep 2019 12:24:34 +0200 |
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In the documentation for text_poke_early, "protected again" should actually be "protected against". This patch fixes the spelling mistake.
Signed-off-by: Marco Ammon <marco.ammon@fau.de> --- arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h | 4 ++-- arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h index 70c09967a999..5e8319bb207a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h @@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ extern void text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len); * 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. + * On the local CPU you need to be protected against NMI or MCE handlers seeing + * an inconsistent instruction while you patch. */ extern void *text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len); extern void *text_poke_kgdb(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len); diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c index ccd32013c47a..0eefd497e3d8 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c @@ -753,8 +753,8 @@ void __init alternative_instructions(void) * When you use this code to patch more than one byte of an instruction * you need to make sure that other CPUs cannot execute this code in parallel. * Also no thread must be currently preempted in the middle of these - * instructions. And on the local CPU you need to be protected again NMI or MCE - * handlers seeing an inconsistent instruction while you patch. + * instructions. And on the local CPU you need to be protected against NMI or + * MCE handlers seeing an inconsistent instruction while you patch. */ void __init_or_module text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len) -- 2.23.0
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