Re: [tip: x86/core] x86/alternative: Patch a single alternative location only once

[Jürgen Groß]

On 14.10.25 16:39, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 04:31:31PM +0200, Jürgen Groß wrote:
> > I have this here in the commit message:
> >
> >    - In case of replacing an indirect with a direct call using the
> >      ALT_FLAG_DIRECT_CALL flag, there is no longer the need to have that
> >      instance before any other instances at the same location (the
> >      original instruction is needed for finding the target of the direct
> >      call).
> >
> > which is explaining why the problem is occurring. Isn't that enough?
>
> I can guess what this is about but a concrete example here would make it
> a lot clearer, I'd say.

Okay, I'll expand that with the concrete example.


Juergen

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