From: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
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 <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <[email protected]>
---
arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
Index: linux/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -301,6 +301,16 @@ 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));
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