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With the temp mm context support, there are CPU local variables to hold the patch address and pte. Use these in the non-temp mm path as well instead of adding a level of indirection through the text_poke_area vm_struct and pointer chasing the pte. As both paths use these fields now, there is no need to let unreferenced variables be dropped by the compiler, so it is cleaner to merge them into a single context struct. This has the additional benefit of removing a redundant CPU local pointer, as only one of cpu_patching_mm / text_poke_area is ever used, while remaining well-typed. It also groups each CPU's data into a single cacheline. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Gray <bgray@linux.ibm.com> [mpe: Shorten name to 'area' as suggested by Christophe] Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221109045112.187069-10-bgray@linux.ibm.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.