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[PATCH 1/7] 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>

--- a/xen/arch/x86/alternative.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/alternative.c
@@ -194,8 +194,7 @@ static void init_or_livepatch _apply_alt
     /*
      * 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.




 


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