From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Wilcox Subject: Re: Do we use runtime patching of function calls somewhere? Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 08:29:35 -0600 Message-ID: <20120513142935.GC18390@parisc-linux.org> References: <20120513121600.GA15708@merkur.ravnborg.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from palinux.external.hp.com ([192.25.206.14]:48702 "EHLO mail.parisc-linux.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752142Ab2EMO3h (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 May 2012 10:29:37 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120513121600.GA15708@merkur.ravnborg.org> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Sam Ravnborg Cc: linux arch , "David S. Miller" On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 02:16:00PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > Do we have any archs that does runtime patching of function calls? Isn't this a slightly easier version of the x86 altinstructions mechanism? -- Matthew Wilcox Intel Open Source Technology Centre "Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such a retrograde step."