ftrace introduces instability into kernel 2.6.27(-rc2,-rc3)

[Steven Rostedt]

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:

> Ok, so i did a patch, but it doesn't fix the problem. So
> there's something else whacking on the stack frames.

Is it 32 bit or 64?  I've tested the 64 bit quite a bit, but not so much 
the 32 (my powerbook is not usually that stable).

You might want to look at the entry.S mcount code too.

> 
> Still, here it is:

Thanks,

> 
> powerpc/ftrace: Fix broken assembly for code replacement
> 
> Instead, uses __get_user() and __put_user().
> 

Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt at redhat.com>

-- Steve