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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 65a0c1b48696..fb04e49776ba 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -231,25 +231,25 @@ static void alternatives_smp_lock(u8 **start, u8 **end, u8 *text, u8 *text_end)
continue;
if (*ptr > text_end)
continue;
- text_poke(*ptr, ((unsigned char []){0xf0}), 1); /* add lock prefix */
+ /* turn DS segment override prefix into lock prefix */
+ text_poke(*ptr, ((unsigned char []){0xf0}), 1);
};
}
static void alternatives_smp_unlock(u8 **start, u8 **end, u8 *text, u8 *text_end)
{
u8 **ptr;
- char insn[1];
if (noreplace_smp)
return;
- add_nops(insn, 1);
for (ptr = start; ptr < end; ptr++) {
if (*ptr < text)
continue;
if (*ptr > text_end)
continue;
- text_poke(*ptr, insn, 1);
+ /* turn lock prefix into DS segment override prefix */
+ text_poke(*ptr, ((unsigned char []){0x3E}), 1);
};
}