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authorAndy Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu>2011-07-14 06:47:22 -0400
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>2011-07-14 17:57:05 -0700
commit98d0ac38ca7b1b7a552c9a2359174ff84decb600 (patch)
tree0c244e828f86c779c348a4888ed9e303c3e59811 /arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
parent433bd805e5fd2c731b3a9025b034f066272d336e (diff)
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x86-64: Move vread_tsc and vread_hpet into the vDSO
The vsyscall page now consists entirely of trap instructions. Cc: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/637648f303f2ef93af93bae25186e9a1bea093f5.1310639973.git.luto@mit.edu Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c8
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index ddb207b..c638228 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
#include <asm/pgtable.h>
#include <asm/mce.h>
#include <asm/nmi.h>
-#include <asm/vsyscall.h>
#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
#include <asm/tlbflush.h>
#include <asm/io.h>
@@ -250,7 +249,6 @@ static void __init_or_module add_nops(void *insns, unsigned int len)
extern struct alt_instr __alt_instructions[], __alt_instructions_end[];
extern s32 __smp_locks[], __smp_locks_end[];
-extern char __vsyscall_0;
void *text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len);
/* Replace instructions with better alternatives for this CPU type.
@@ -294,12 +292,6 @@ void __init_or_module apply_alternatives(struct alt_instr *start,
add_nops(insnbuf + a->replacementlen,
a->instrlen - a->replacementlen);
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
- /* vsyscall code is not mapped yet. resolve it manually. */
- if (instr >= (u8 *)VSYSCALL_START && instr < (u8*)VSYSCALL_END) {
- instr = __va(instr - (u8*)VSYSCALL_START + (u8*)__pa_symbol(&__vsyscall_0));
- }
-#endif
text_poke_early(instr, insnbuf, a->instrlen);
}
}
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