[PATCH 1/6] Move code patching code into arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c

[Kumar Gala]

On Jun 19, 2008, at 1:55 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote:

> On Thu, 2008-06-19 at 01:15 -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
>> On May 29, 2008, at 1:20 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>>
>>> We currently have a few routines for patching code in asm/system.h,
>>> because
>>> they didn't fit anywhere else. I'd like to clean them up a little
>>> and add
>>> some more, so first move them into a dedicated C file - they don't
>>> need to
>>> be inlined.
>>>
>>> While we're moving the code, drop create_function_call(), it's
>>> intended
>>> caller never got merged and will be replaced in future with  
>>> something
>>> different.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael at ellerman.id.au>
>>> ---
>>> arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c          |    1 +
>>> arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile                 |    2 +
>>> arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c          |   33 ++++++++++++++++++ 
>>> ++
>>> arch/powerpc/platforms/86xx/mpc86xx_smp.c |    1 +
>>> arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/smp.c     |    1 +
>>> include/asm-powerpc/code-patching.h       |   25 +++++++++++++++
>>> include/asm-powerpc/system.h              |   48
>>> -----------------------------
>>> 7 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dum
>>
>> what's the state of these patches and getting them into powerpc-next?
>
> I think what I posted is reasonably solid, I've added some more  
> routines
> for the stuff I'm working on. I'll repost today or tommorrow.
>
>> I'm looking at some runtime fix ups that I was thinking of basing on
>> this code.
>
> What have you got in mind? I'm working on some runtime fixups too :)

I want to be able to run time fix up lwsync an remove it as compile  
time thing.

- k