[PATCHv2 3/7] arm64: move non-entry code out of .entry.text

Stephen Boyd sboyd at codeaurora.org
Wed Jul 26 14:38:17 PDT 2017


On 07/26/2017 11:18 AM, Mark Rutland wrote:
> Currently, cpu_switch_to and ret_from_fork both live in .entry.text,
> though neither form the critical path for an exception entry.
>
> In subsequent patches, we will require that code in .entry.text is part
> of the critical path for exception entry, for which we can assume
> certain properties (e.g. the presence of exception regs on the stack).
>
> Neither cpu_switch_to nor ret_from_fork will meet these requirements, so
> we must most them out of .entry.text. To ensure that neither are kprobed

s/most/move/ ?

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