On Fri, Oct 05, 2018 at 10:13:25AM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > diff --git a/include/linux/ffp.h b/include/linux/ffp.h > new file mode 100644 > index 000000000000..8fc3b4c9b38f > --- /dev/null > +++ b/include/linux/ffp.h > @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */ > + > +#ifndef __LINUX_FFP_H > +#define __LINUX_FFP_H > + > +#include <linux/types.h> > +#include <linux/compiler.h> > + > +#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_FFP > +#include <asm/ffp.h> > +#else > + > +struct ffp { > + void (**fn)(void); > + void (*default_fn)(void); > +}; > + > +#define DECLARE_FFP(_fn, _def) \ > + extern typeof(_def) *_fn; \ > + extern struct ffp const __ffp_ ## _fn > + > +#define DEFINE_FFP(_fn, _def) \ > + typeof(_def) *_fn = &_def; \ > + struct ffp const __ffp_ ## _fn \ > + = { (void(**)(void))&_fn, (void(*)(void))&_def }; \ > + EXPORT_SYMBOL(__ffp_ ## _fn) > + > +static inline void ffp_set_target(const struct ffp *m, void *new_fn) > +{ > + WRITE_ONCE(*m->fn, new_fn); > +} > + > +static inline void ffp_reset_target(const struct ffp *m) > +{ > + WRITE_ONCE(*m->fn, m->default_fn); > +} > + > +#endif > + > +#define SET_FFP(_fn, _new) ffp_set_target(&__ffp_ ## _fn, _new) > +#define RESET_FFP(_fn) ffp_reset_target(&__ffp_ ## _fn) > + > +#endif I don't understand this interface. There is no wrapper for the call site, so how are we going to patch all call-sites when you update the target?