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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/1] x86: fix text_poke


On Fri, 25 Apr 2008, Ingo Molnar wrote:
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> something like the patch below? (untested)

No. That whole code sequence is total and utter crap. It needs to be
rewritten.

It first does a BUG_ON() if it's not naturally aligned (because that
wouldn't be atomic), and then it has code for page crossing! What a TOTAL
PIECE OF SH*T!

Hint:
- if it's naturally aligned, it couldn't be page crossing ANYWAY
- and if it was a page-crosser, it sure as hell couldn't be atomic!

The code is just crap, crap, crap. It needs to be rewritten from scratch.
I'll have a patch soonish.

Linus


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