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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2006-07-03 00:24:57 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-07-03 15:27:04 -0700 |
| commit | 3047e99ede366298c6233d1870d12a520d4d92f3 (patch) | |
| tree | 7e7626f2019c6b0564d7b20b039dc836cc29910d /arch | |
| parent | 2148270cd2ebe0d05e4289b7c77b1435c45481bf (diff) | |
[PATCH] lockdep: x86 smp alternatives workaround
Disable SMP alternatives fixups (the patching in of NOPs on 1-CPU systems) if
the lock validator is enabled: there is a binutils section handling bug that
causes corrupted instructions when UP instructions are patched in.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c index 7b421b3a053..28ab8064976 100644 --- a/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c @@ -303,6 +303,16 @@ void alternatives_smp_switch(int smp) struct smp_alt_module *mod; unsigned long flags; +#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP + /* + * A not yet fixed binutils section handling bug prevents + * alternatives-replacement from working reliably, so turn + * it off: + */ + printk("lockdep: not fixing up alternatives.\n"); + return; +#endif + if (no_replacement || smp_alt_once) return; BUG_ON(!smp && (num_online_cpus() > 1)); |