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http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b7fb4af06c18496950a45b365f7a09c47ea64c17
Commit:     b7fb4af06c18496950a45b365f7a09c47ea64c17
Parent:     d0175ab64412aabc93da8682aaa99124d6815056
Author:     Jeremy Fitzhardinge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
AuthorDate: Wed May 2 19:27:13 2007 +0200
Committer:  Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CommitDate: Wed May 2 19:27:13 2007 +0200

    [PATCH] i386: Allow boot-time disable of SMP altinstructions
    
    Add "noreplace-smp" to disable SMP instruction replacement.
    
    Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
    Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |    6 ++++++
 arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c      |   23 +++++++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 
b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 94ce0d2..242b3a0 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1164,6 +1164,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in 
the file
 
        nomce           [IA-32] Machine Check Exception
 
+       noreplace-smp   [IA-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
+                       with UP alternatives
+
        noresidual      [PPC] Don't use residual data on PReP machines.
 
        noresume        [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
@@ -1569,6 +1572,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in 
the file
        smart2=         [HW]
                        Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
 
+       smp-alt-once    [IA-32,SMP] On a hotplug CPU system, only
+                       attempt to substitute SMP alternatives once at boot.
+
        snd-ad1816a=    [HW,ALSA]
 
        snd-ad1848=     [HW,ALSA]
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c
index f096354..9b8e85a 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <asm/alternative.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 
+static int noreplace_smp     = 0;
 static int smp_alt_once      = 0;
 static int debug_alternative = 0;
 
@@ -13,15 +14,23 @@ static int __init bootonly(char *str)
        smp_alt_once = 1;
        return 1;
 }
+__setup("smp-alt-boot", bootonly);
+
 static int __init debug_alt(char *str)
 {
        debug_alternative = 1;
        return 1;
 }
-
-__setup("smp-alt-boot", bootonly);
 __setup("debug-alternative", debug_alt);
 
+static int __init setup_noreplace_smp(char *str)
+{
+       noreplace_smp = 1;
+       return 1;
+}
+__setup("noreplace-smp", setup_noreplace_smp);
+
+
 #define DPRINTK(fmt, args...) if (debug_alternative) \
        printk(KERN_DEBUG fmt, args)
 
@@ -185,6 +194,9 @@ static void alternatives_smp_unlock(u8 **start, u8 **end, 
u8 *text, u8 *text_end
 {
        u8 **ptr;
 
+       if (noreplace_smp)
+               return;
+
        for (ptr = start; ptr < end; ptr++) {
                if (*ptr < text)
                        continue;
@@ -219,6 +231,9 @@ void alternatives_smp_module_add(struct module *mod, char 
*name,
        struct smp_alt_module *smp;
        unsigned long flags;
 
+       if (noreplace_smp)
+               return;
+
        if (smp_alt_once) {
                if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_UP))
                        alternatives_smp_unlock(locks, locks_end,
@@ -253,7 +268,7 @@ void alternatives_smp_module_del(struct module *mod)
        struct smp_alt_module *item;
        unsigned long flags;
 
-       if (smp_alt_once)
+       if (smp_alt_once || noreplace_smp)
                return;
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&smp_alt, flags);
@@ -284,7 +299,7 @@ void alternatives_smp_switch(int smp)
        return;
 #endif
 
-       if (smp_alt_once)
+       if (noreplace_smp || smp_alt_once)
                return;
        BUG_ON(!smp && (num_online_cpus() > 1));
 
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