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-rw-r--r--arch/i386/kernel/paravirt.c17
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/paravirt.c b/arch/i386/kernel/paravirt.c
index 53f07a8275e3..79c167fcaee9 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/paravirt.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/paravirt.c
@@ -124,20 +124,28 @@ unsigned paravirt_patch_ignore(unsigned len)
return len;
}
+struct branch {
+ unsigned char opcode;
+ u32 delta;
+} __attribute__((packed));
+
unsigned paravirt_patch_call(void *target, u16 tgt_clobbers,
void *site, u16 site_clobbers,
unsigned len)
{
unsigned char *call = site;
unsigned long delta = (unsigned long)target - (unsigned long)(call+5);
+ struct branch b;
if (tgt_clobbers & ~site_clobbers)
return len; /* target would clobber too much for this site */
if (len < 5)
return len; /* call too long for patch site */
- *call++ = 0xe8; /* call */
- *(unsigned long *)call = delta;
+ b.opcode = 0xe8; /* call */
+ b.delta = delta;
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(b) != 5);
+ text_poke(call, (unsigned char *)&b, 5);
return 5;
}
@@ -150,8 +158,9 @@ unsigned paravirt_patch_jmp(void *target, void *site, unsigned len)
if (len < 5)
return len; /* call too long for patch site */
- *jmp++ = 0xe9; /* jmp */
- *(unsigned long *)jmp = delta;
+ b.opcode = 0xe9; /* jmp */
+ b.delta = delta;
+ text_poke(call, (unsigned char *)&b, 5);
return 5;
}