From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>,
Andrew Cooper <Andrew.Cooper3@citrix.com>,
Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] x86/alternative: Support relocations in alternatives
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2023 17:04:35 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y90wk4FVBtmFJZ4s@zn.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Y90ilxBFMAQZ/dRg@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 04:04:55PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> How about:
>
> apply_relocation(u8 *buf, size_t len, u8 *dst, u8 *src, size_t src_len)
>
> Because I get horribly confused by the whole instr and repl thing.
And I get confused by the @src thing. :-)
When it says repl, I know it is the replacement instruction and its
length. You could add kernel-doc as a help I guess...
Rest on IRC. :)
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-02-03 16:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-02-01 14:10 [RFC] x86/alternative: Support relocations in alternatives Peter Zijlstra
2023-02-01 17:02 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2023-02-03 13:13 ` Borislav Petkov
2023-02-03 15:04 ` Peter Zijlstra
2023-02-03 15:12 ` Peter Zijlstra
2023-02-03 16:04 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2023-02-03 16:46 ` Borislav Petkov
2023-02-03 23:25 ` Borislav Petkov
2023-02-06 14:29 ` Borislav Petkov
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