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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index a481763a3776..014f214da581 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -668,6 +668,7 @@ void *__init_or_module text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode,
local_irq_save(flags);
memcpy(addr, opcode, len);
local_irq_restore(flags);
+ sync_core();
/* Could also do a CLFLUSH here to speed up CPU recovery; but
that causes hangs on some VIA CPUs. */
return addr;
@@ -693,6 +694,12 @@ void *text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len)
struct page *pages[2];
int i;
+ /*
+ * While boot memory allocator is runnig we cannot use struct
+ * pages as they are not yet initialized.
+ */
+ BUG_ON(!after_bootmem);
+
if (!core_kernel_text((unsigned long)addr)) {
pages[0] = vmalloc_to_page(addr);
pages[1] = vmalloc_to_page(addr + PAGE_SIZE);