[PATCH v5 0/2] x86/alternative: Patch a single alternative location only once

[Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>]

Instead of patching a single location potentially multiple times in
case of nested ALTERNATIVE()s, do the patching only after having
evaluated all alt_instr instances for that location.

Changes in V2:
- complete rework (Boris Petkov)

Changes in V3:
- split former V2 patch into 2 by introducing a helper function (Boris Petkov)
- repost the small cleanup patch 1 which was taken before, but has somehow
  vanished from the tip x86/alternative branch (it is still in the tip
  master branch, but I couldn't find it in any other tip branch).

Changes in V4:
- use 3 helpers instead of 1 (Boris Petkov)

Changes in V5:
- dropped patch 1 of V4, as already applied
- small cosmetic changes (Boris Petkov)

Juergen Gross (2):
  x86/alternative: Use helper functions for patching alternatives
  x86/alternative: Patch a single alternative location only once

 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 149 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 92 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)

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