Thread (2 messages) 2 messages, 1 author, 2012-04-02

What is use of apply_alternative function from alternative.c

From: Pritam Bankar <hidden>
Date: 2012-04-02 08:57:15

Thanks Andrew , Jim

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 8:40 PM, Andrew Case [off-list ref] wrote:
The feature is called SMP alternatives. See if this articles helps
you: http://lwn.net/Articles/164121/

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Pritam Bankar
[off-list ref] wrote:
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Hi,
Cal anyone help me in understanding alternative.c file from Linux source
code.
I want to learn function apply_alternative. AFAIK this code applies
better
quoted
replacement to instruction set used by processor.
But I am not sure what exactly it is doing ?

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