2.6.26-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Pekka Paalanen <pq@xxxxxx> commit 2f1dafe50cc4e58a239fd81bd47f87f32042a1ee upstream text_poke is sleepable. The original fix by Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxx>. Signed-off-by: Pekka Paalanen <pq@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 18 +++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) --- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ #include <linux/module.h> #include <linux/sched.h> -#include <linux/spinlock.h> +#include <linux/mutex.h> #include <linux/list.h> #include <linux/kprobes.h> #include <linux/mm.h> @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ struct smp_alt_module { struct list_head next; }; static LIST_HEAD(smp_alt_modules); -static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(smp_alt); +static DEFINE_MUTEX(smp_alt); static int smp_mode = 1; /* protected by smp_alt */ void alternatives_smp_module_add(struct module *mod, char *name, @@ -312,12 +312,12 @@ void alternatives_smp_module_add(struct __func__, smp->locks, smp->locks_end, smp->text, smp->text_end, smp->name); - spin_lock(&smp_alt); + mutex_lock(&smp_alt); list_add_tail(&smp->next, &smp_alt_modules); if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_UP)) alternatives_smp_unlock(smp->locks, smp->locks_end, smp->text, smp->text_end); - spin_unlock(&smp_alt); + mutex_unlock(&smp_alt); } void alternatives_smp_module_del(struct module *mod) @@ -327,17 +327,17 @@ void alternatives_smp_module_del(struct if (smp_alt_once || noreplace_smp) return; - spin_lock(&smp_alt); + mutex_lock(&smp_alt); list_for_each_entry(item, &smp_alt_modules, next) { if (mod != item->mod) continue; list_del(&item->next); - spin_unlock(&smp_alt); + mutex_unlock(&smp_alt); DPRINTK("%s: %s\n", __func__, item->name); kfree(item); return; } - spin_unlock(&smp_alt); + mutex_unlock(&smp_alt); } void alternatives_smp_switch(int smp) @@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ void alternatives_smp_switch(int smp) return; BUG_ON(!smp && (num_online_cpus() > 1)); - spin_lock(&smp_alt); + mutex_lock(&smp_alt); /* * Avoid unnecessary switches because it forces JIT based VMs to @@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ void alternatives_smp_switch(int smp) mod->text, mod->text_end); } smp_mode = smp; - spin_unlock(&smp_alt); + mutex_unlock(&smp_alt); } #endif -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html