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authorJeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>2007-05-02 19:27:13 +0200
committerAndi Kleen <andi@basil.nowhere.org>2007-05-02 19:27:13 +0200
commitb7fb4af06c18496950a45b365f7a09c47ea64c17 (patch)
tree2ea129cad7d28482c9b8582476a62cdce139571f /arch/i386
parent[PATCH] i386: Remove smp_alt_instructions (diff)
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[PATCH] i386: Allow boot-time disable of SMP altinstructions
Add "noreplace-smp" to disable SMP instruction replacement. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/i386')
-rw-r--r--arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c23
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c
index f09635408049..9b8e85a8edec 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
#include <asm/alternative.h>
#include <asm/sections.h>
+static int noreplace_smp = 0;
static int smp_alt_once = 0;
static int debug_alternative = 0;
@@ -13,15 +14,23 @@ static int __init bootonly(char *str)
smp_alt_once = 1;
return 1;
}
+__setup("smp-alt-boot", bootonly);
+
static int __init debug_alt(char *str)
{
debug_alternative = 1;
return 1;
}
-
-__setup("smp-alt-boot", bootonly);
__setup("debug-alternative", debug_alt);
+static int __init setup_noreplace_smp(char *str)
+{
+ noreplace_smp = 1;
+ return 1;
+}
+__setup("noreplace-smp", setup_noreplace_smp);
+
+
#define DPRINTK(fmt, args...) if (debug_alternative) \
printk(KERN_DEBUG fmt, args)
@@ -185,6 +194,9 @@ static void alternatives_smp_unlock(u8 **start, u8 **end, u8 *text, u8 *text_end
{
u8 **ptr;
+ if (noreplace_smp)
+ return;
+
for (ptr = start; ptr < end; ptr++) {
if (*ptr < text)
continue;
@@ -219,6 +231,9 @@ void alternatives_smp_module_add(struct module *mod, char *name,
struct smp_alt_module *smp;
unsigned long flags;
+ if (noreplace_smp)
+ return;
+
if (smp_alt_once) {
if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_UP))
alternatives_smp_unlock(locks, locks_end,
@@ -253,7 +268,7 @@ void alternatives_smp_module_del(struct module *mod)
struct smp_alt_module *item;
unsigned long flags;
- if (smp_alt_once)
+ if (smp_alt_once || noreplace_smp)
return;
spin_lock_irqsave(&smp_alt, flags);
@@ -284,7 +299,7 @@ void alternatives_smp_switch(int smp)
return;
#endif
- if (smp_alt_once)
+ if (noreplace_smp || smp_alt_once)
return;
BUG_ON(!smp && (num_online_cpus() > 1));