Re: Do we use runtime patching of function calls somewhere?

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From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@xxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 08:29:35 -0600

> On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 02:16:00PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
>> Do we have any archs that does runtime patching of function calls?
> 
> Isn't this a slightly easier version of the x86 altinstructions mechanism?

Nope, altinstructions patches the implementation.

Sparc wants to patch the call sites.

Basically, run time linking of function calls.
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