Thread (11 messages) 11 messages, 2 authors, 2014-01-07

[PATCH v7 6/7] arm64, jump label: optimize jump label implementation

From: Will Deacon <hidden>
Date: 2014-01-06 18:52:26
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On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 03:25:42PM +0000, Jiang Liu wrote:
Optimize jump label implementation for ARM64 by dynamically patching
kernel text.
Almost!
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/jump_label.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/jump_label.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47cd130
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/jump_label.h
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Huawei Ltd.
+ * Author: Jiang Liu <liuj97@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * Based on arch/arm/include/asm/jump_label.h
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+#ifndef _ASM_JUMP_LABEL_H
+#define _ASM_JUMP_LABEL_H
It's actually prefixed with double-underscore in our other headers.
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+
+#define JUMP_LABEL_NOP_SIZE		4
I know you didn't like including asm/insn.h, but I don't see why that's such
a problem. Does it cause a circular dependency or something?

Will
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