What is use of apply_alternative function from alternative.c

[Pritam Bankar]

Hi,
Cal anyone help me in understanding alternative.c file from Linux source
code.
I want to learn function apply_alternative. AFAIK this code applies better
replacement to instruction set used by processor.
But I am not sure what exactly it is doing ?

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Pritam Bankar
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