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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2017-11-29 09:11:24 +0300
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2017-11-29 09:11:24 +0300
commit4fc31ba13d052c2933bf91095c063cf9a39effd0 (patch)
treebeabb73c2fe245e6541126732895da62e55bc8ee /kernel/extable.c
parent0e18dd12064e07519f7cbff4149ca7fff620cbed (diff)
parentb29c6ef7bb1257853c1e31616d84f55e561cf631 (diff)
downloadlinux-4fc31ba13d052c2933bf91095c063cf9a39effd0.tar.xz
Merge branch 'linus' into perf/urgent, to pick up dependent commits
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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* mutex protecting text section modification (dynamic code patching).
* some users need to sleep (allocating memory...) while they hold this lock.
*
+ * Note: Also protects SMP-alternatives modification on x86.
+ *
* NOT exported to modules - patching kernel text is a really delicate matter.
*/
DEFINE_MUTEX(text_mutex);