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Simplify hot-patching cpu_switch() for lack of UserLocal register.
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Authored by jhb on May 20 2020, 5:21 PM.
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Summary

Rather than walking all of cpu_switch looking for the sequence of
instructions to patch, add a global label at the location that needs
the patch applied.

Test Plan
  • booted mips64 under QEMU which does not implement UL and requires the hot patching to work

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