arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
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File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h- Extension
.h- Size
- 13141 bytes
- Lines
- 402
- Domain
- Architecture Layer
- Bucket
- arch/x86
- Inferred role
- Architecture Layer: implementation source
- Status
- source implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
CPU and platform-specific kernel glue: boot entry, traps, syscall entry, interrupts, page tables, context switch, and low-level barriers.
- CPU and platform-specific kernel glue: boot entry, traps, syscall entry, interrupts, page tables, context switch, and low-level barriers.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/types.hlinux/stringify.hlinux/objtool.hasm/asm.hasm/bug.hlinux/stddef.h
Detected Declarations
struct alt_instrstruct modulestruct callthunk_sitesfunction callthunks_patch_builtin_callsfunction x86_call_depth_emit_accountingfunction its_init_modfunction cpu_wants_rethunkfunction cpu_wants_rethunk_atfunction alternatives_smp_module_add
Annotated Snippet
struct alt_instr {
s32 instr_offset; /* original instruction */
s32 repl_offset; /* offset to replacement instruction */
union {
struct {
u32 cpuid: 16; /* CPUID bit set for replacement */
u32 flags: 16; /* patching control flags */
};
u32 ft_flags;
};
u8 instrlen; /* length of original instruction */
u8 replacementlen; /* length of new instruction */
} __packed;
extern struct alt_instr __alt_instructions[], __alt_instructions_end[];
extern s32 __retpoline_sites[], __retpoline_sites_end[];
extern s32 __return_sites[], __return_sites_end[];
extern s32 __cfi_sites[], __cfi_sites_end[];
extern s32 __ibt_endbr_seal[], __ibt_endbr_seal_end[];
extern s32 __smp_locks[], __smp_locks_end[];
/*
* Debug flag that can be tested to see whether alternative
* instructions were patched in already:
*/
extern int alternatives_patched;
extern void alternative_instructions(void);
extern void apply_alternatives(struct alt_instr *start, struct alt_instr *end);
extern void apply_retpolines(s32 *start, s32 *end);
extern void apply_returns(s32 *start, s32 *end);
extern void apply_seal_endbr(s32 *start, s32 *end);
extern void apply_fineibt(s32 *start_retpoline, s32 *end_retpoine,
s32 *start_cfi, s32 *end_cfi);
struct module;
struct callthunk_sites {
s32 *call_start, *call_end;
};
#ifdef CONFIG_CALL_THUNKS
extern void callthunks_patch_builtin_calls(void);
extern void callthunks_patch_module_calls(struct callthunk_sites *sites,
struct module *mod);
extern void *callthunks_translate_call_dest(void *dest);
extern int x86_call_depth_emit_accounting(u8 **pprog, void *func, void *ip);
#else
static __always_inline void callthunks_patch_builtin_calls(void) {}
static __always_inline void
callthunks_patch_module_calls(struct callthunk_sites *sites,
struct module *mod) {}
static __always_inline void *callthunks_translate_call_dest(void *dest)
{
return dest;
}
static __always_inline int x86_call_depth_emit_accounting(u8 **pprog,
void *func, void *ip)
{
return 0;
}
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_MITIGATION_ITS
extern void its_init_mod(struct module *mod);
extern void its_fini_mod(struct module *mod);
extern void its_free_mod(struct module *mod);
extern u8 *its_static_thunk(int reg);
#else /* CONFIG_MITIGATION_ITS */
static inline void its_init_mod(struct module *mod) { }
static inline void its_fini_mod(struct module *mod) { }
static inline void its_free_mod(struct module *mod) { }
static inline u8 *its_static_thunk(int reg)
{
WARN_ONCE(1, "ITS not compiled in");
return NULL;
}
#endif
#if defined(CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETHUNK) && defined(CONFIG_OBJTOOL)
extern bool cpu_wants_rethunk(void);
extern bool cpu_wants_rethunk_at(void *addr);
#else
static __always_inline bool cpu_wants_rethunk(void)
{
return false;
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/types.h`, `linux/stringify.h`, `linux/objtool.h`, `asm/asm.h`, `asm/bug.h`, `linux/stddef.h`.
- Detected declarations: `struct alt_instr`, `struct module`, `struct callthunk_sites`, `function callthunks_patch_builtin_calls`, `function x86_call_depth_emit_accounting`, `function its_init_mod`, `function cpu_wants_rethunk`, `function cpu_wants_rethunk_at`, `function alternatives_smp_module_add`.
- Atlas domain: Architecture Layer / arch/x86.
- Implementation status: source implementation candidate.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.