---

yaml
---
r: 53880
b: refs/heads/master
c: 959b4fd
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 752783c050f1729452a89b2baea45b0124ac91c7
+refs/heads/master: 959b4fdfe7e27bcf101e2381e500e4076f2bb9ce

trunk/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
 	GENERIC_TIME The generic timeofday code is enabled.
 	NFS	Appropriate NFS support is enabled.
 	OSS	OSS sound support is enabled.
+	PV_OPS	A paravirtualized kernel
 	PARIDE	The ParIDE subsystem is enabled.
 	PARISC	The PA-RISC architecture is enabled.
 	PCI	PCI bus support is enabled.
@@ -1164,6 +1165,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
 	nomce		[IA-32] Machine Check Exception
 
+	noreplace-paravirt	[IA-32,PV_OPS] Don't patch paravirt_ops
+
 	noreplace-smp	[IA-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
 			with UP alternatives
 

trunk/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c

@@ -30,6 +30,16 @@ static int __init setup_noreplace_smp(char *str)
 }
 __setup("noreplace-smp", setup_noreplace_smp);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT
+static int noreplace_paravirt = 0;
+
+static int __init setup_noreplace_paravirt(char *str)
+{
+	noreplace_paravirt = 1;
+	return 1;
+}
+__setup("noreplace-paravirt", setup_noreplace_paravirt);
+#endif
 
 #define DPRINTK(fmt, args...) if (debug_alternative) \
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG fmt, args)
@@ -330,6 +340,9 @@ void apply_paravirt(struct paravirt_patch_site *start,
 {
 	struct paravirt_patch_site *p;
 
+	if (noreplace_paravirt)
+		return;
+
 	for (p = start; p < end; p++) {
 		unsigned int used;