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| author | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2009-05-20 09:02:28 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2009-05-20 09:02:28 +0200 |
| commit | 521c180874dae86f675d23c4eade4dba8b1f2cc8 (patch) | |
| tree | 7509303da3a9a1b40a26f6811f321c89cd31737b /kernel/extable.c | |
| parent | f1a11e0576c7a73d759d05d776692b2b2d37172b (diff) | |
| parent | 64d1304a64477629cb16b75491a77bafe6f86963 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'core/urgent' into core/futexes
Merge reason: this branch was on an pre -rc1 base, merge it up to -rc6+
to get the latest upstream fixes.
Conflicts:
kernel/futex.c
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/extable.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/extable.c | 25 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/extable.c b/kernel/extable.c index c46da6a4703..7f8f263f852 100644 --- a/kernel/extable.c +++ b/kernel/extable.c @@ -15,11 +15,22 @@ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA */ +#include <linux/ftrace.h> +#include <linux/memory.h> #include <linux/module.h> +#include <linux/mutex.h> #include <linux/init.h> -#include <linux/ftrace.h> -#include <asm/uaccess.h> + #include <asm/sections.h> +#include <asm/uaccess.h> + +/* + * mutex protecting text section modification (dynamic code patching). + * some users need to sleep (allocating memory...) while they hold this lock. + * + * NOT exported to modules - patching kernel text is a really delicate matter. + */ +DEFINE_MUTEX(text_mutex); extern struct exception_table_entry __start___ex_table[]; extern struct exception_table_entry __stop___ex_table[]; @@ -49,7 +60,7 @@ static inline int init_kernel_text(unsigned long addr) return 0; } -__notrace_funcgraph int core_kernel_text(unsigned long addr) +int core_kernel_text(unsigned long addr) { if (addr >= (unsigned long)_stext && addr <= (unsigned long)_etext) @@ -61,11 +72,11 @@ __notrace_funcgraph int core_kernel_text(unsigned long addr) return 0; } -__notrace_funcgraph int __kernel_text_address(unsigned long addr) +int __kernel_text_address(unsigned long addr) { if (core_kernel_text(addr)) return 1; - if (__module_text_address(addr)) + if (is_module_text_address(addr)) return 1; /* * There might be init symbols in saved stacktraces. @@ -84,7 +95,7 @@ int kernel_text_address(unsigned long addr) { if (core_kernel_text(addr)) return 1; - return module_text_address(addr) != NULL; + return is_module_text_address(addr); } /* @@ -100,5 +111,5 @@ int func_ptr_is_kernel_text(void *ptr) addr = (unsigned long) dereference_function_descriptor(ptr); if (core_kernel_text(addr)) return 1; - return module_text_address(addr) != NULL; + return is_module_text_address(addr); } |