Re: [PATCH -stable] disable CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE due to possiblememory corruption on module unload

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Wed Oct 15 2008 - 18:46:23 EST



On Wed, 15 Oct 2008, Steven Rostedt wrote:
>
> The problem arises when we trace functions and modules are unloaded.

Note, it is not just module unloading. The issue can happen when the
init functions of a module are freed and the nvram is vmapped there as
well.

-- Steve
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