Re: [PATCH] jump label: Add MIPS support.

[Rabin Vincent <rabin@rab.in>]

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:40 PM, David Daney <ddaney@caviumnetworks.com> wrote:
> +void arch_jump_label_text_poke_early(jump_label_t addr)
> +{
> +       union mips_instruction *insn_p =
> +               (union mips_instruction *)(unsigned long)addr;
> +
> +       insn_p->word = 0; /* nop */
> +       flush_icache_range((unsigned long)insn_p,
> +                          (unsigned long)insn_p + sizeof(*insn_p));
> +}

Can't this function be a no-op on MIPS?  This seems to be
used on x86 to patch in the optimal nop instruction, but
on MIPS the optimal/only nop instruction should already
be in place at build time.  Same thing for the SPARC
implementation.

Rabin