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| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c | 2 |
3 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h index 70c09967a999..5e8319bb207a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h @@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ extern void text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len); * no thread can be preempted in the instructions being modified (no iret to an * invalid instruction possible) or if the instructions are changed from a * consistent state to another consistent state atomically. - * On the local CPU you need to be protected again NMI or MCE handlers seeing an - * inconsistent instruction while you patch. + * On the local CPU you need to be protected against NMI or MCE handlers seeing + * an inconsistent instruction while you patch. */ extern void *text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len); extern void *text_poke_kgdb(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len); diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c index ccd32013c47a..9d3a971ea364 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c @@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ void __init alternative_instructions(void) * Don't stop machine check exceptions while patching. * MCEs only happen when something got corrupted and in this * case we must do something about the corruption. - * Ignoring it is worse than a unlikely patching race. + * Ignoring it is worse than an unlikely patching race. * Also machine checks tend to be broadcast and if one CPU * goes into machine check the others follow quickly, so we don't * expect a machine check to cause undue problems during to code @@ -753,8 +753,8 @@ void __init alternative_instructions(void) * When you use this code to patch more than one byte of an instruction * you need to make sure that other CPUs cannot execute this code in parallel. * Also no thread must be currently preempted in the middle of these - * instructions. And on the local CPU you need to be protected again NMI or MCE - * handlers seeing an inconsistent instruction while you patch. + * instructions. And on the local CPU you need to be protected against NMI or + * MCE handlers seeing an inconsistent instruction while you patch. */ void __init_or_module text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c index 9d4aedece363..b348dd506d58 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c @@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ int arch_prepare_optimized_kprobe(struct optimized_kprobe *op, (u8 *)op->kp.addr + op->optinsn.size); len += RELATIVEJUMP_SIZE; - /* We have to use text_poke for instuction buffer because it is RO */ + /* We have to use text_poke() for instruction buffer because it is RO */ text_poke(slot, buf, len); ret = 0; out: |