Re: [PATCH V4 5/9] x86/alternative: Split text_poke_bp() into tree steps

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Wed Feb 06 2019 - 14:07:40 EST


On Mon, Feb 04, 2019 at 08:58:58PM +0100, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira wrote:
> text_poke_bp() updates instructions on live kernel on SMP in three steps:
> 1) add a int3 trap to the address that will be patched
> 2) update all but the first byte of the patched range
> 3) replace the first byte (int3) by the first byte of
>
> This patch creates one function for each of these steps.

s/This patch creates/Create/

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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