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arm64: alternatives: Remove READ_ONCE() usage during patch operation
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In preparation for patching the internals of READ_ONCE() itself, replace
its usage on the alternatives patching patch with a volatile variable
instead.

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
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Will Deacon committed Nov 9, 2020
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7 changes: 4 additions & 3 deletions arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c
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#define ALT_ORIG_PTR(a) __ALT_PTR(a, orig_offset)
#define ALT_REPL_PTR(a) __ALT_PTR(a, alt_offset)

static int all_alternatives_applied;
/* Volatile, as we may be patching the guts of READ_ONCE() */
static volatile int all_alternatives_applied;

static DECLARE_BITMAP(applied_alternatives, ARM64_NCAPS);

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/* We always have a CPU 0 at this point (__init) */
if (smp_processor_id()) {
while (!READ_ONCE(all_alternatives_applied))
while (!all_alternatives_applied)
cpu_relax();
isb();
} else {
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BUG_ON(all_alternatives_applied);
__apply_alternatives(&region, false, remaining_capabilities);
/* Barriers provided by the cache flushing */
WRITE_ONCE(all_alternatives_applied, 1);
all_alternatives_applied = 1;
}

return 0;
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