[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [xen master] x86: correct comment about alternatives ordering
commit 9a5071e80be67e7a480ef9ba9680af6754198cdb Author: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Thu Apr 29 16:04:35 2021 +0200 Commit: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx> CommitDate: Thu Apr 29 16:04:35 2021 +0200 x86: correct comment about alternatives ordering Unlike Linux, Xen has never (so far) used alternatives patching for memcpy() or memset(), even less such utilizing multiple alternatives. Correct the Linux-inherited comment to match reality. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> --- xen/arch/x86/alternative.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/alternative.c b/xen/arch/x86/alternative.c index 004e9ede25..1cb531c9df 100644 --- a/xen/arch/x86/alternative.c +++ b/xen/arch/x86/alternative.c @@ -194,8 +194,7 @@ static void init_or_livepatch _apply_alternatives(struct alt_instr *start, /* * The scan order should be from start to end. A later scanned * alternative code can overwrite a previous scanned alternative code. - * Some kernel functions (e.g. memcpy, memset, etc) use this order to - * patch code. + * Some code (e.g. ALTERNATIVE_2()) relies on this order of patching. * * So be careful if you want to change the scan order to any other * order. -- generated by git-patchbot for /home/xen/git/xen.git#master
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