Re: [patch 3/3] x86_64, cpa: use only text section inset_kernel_text_rw/ro

From: Suresh Siddha
Date: Fri Oct 30 2009 - 14:18:40 EST


On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 19:06 -0700, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 18:46 -0800, Suresh Siddha wrote:
> > plain text document attachment (fix_kernel_text_ro_rw.patch)
> > set_kernel_text_rw()/set_kernel_text_ro() are marking pages starting
> > from _text to __start_rodata as RW or RO.
> >
> > With CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA, there might be free pages (associated with
> > padding the sections to 2MB large page boundary) between text
> > and rodata sections that are given back to page allocator. So we should
> > use only use the start (__text) and end (__stop___ex_table) of the
> > text section in set_kernel_text_rw()/set_kernel_text_ro().
> >
> > Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
>
> I'll go ahead and test this to make sure it does not bust ftrace with an
> allyesconfig.

Steve, Good to go?

If so, Ingo can you please consider this patchset?

thanks,
suresh

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