[PATCH] powerpc: Don't write protect kernel text with CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE enabled

Stefan Roese sr at denx.de
Fri Apr 15 19:49:53 EST 2011


This problem was noticed on an MPC855T platform. Ftrace did oops
when trying to write to the kernel text segment.

Many thanks to Joakim for finding the root cause of this problem.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Roese <sr at denx.de>
Cc: Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund at transmode.se>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt at goodmis.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-common.h |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-common.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-common.h
index 811f04a..8d1569c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-common.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-common.h
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ extern unsigned long bad_call_to_PMD_PAGE_SIZE(void);
  * on platforms where such control is possible.
  */
 #if defined(CONFIG_KGDB) || defined(CONFIG_XMON) || defined(CONFIG_BDI_SWITCH) ||\
-	defined(CONFIG_KPROBES)
+	defined(CONFIG_KPROBES) || defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE)
 #define PAGE_KERNEL_TEXT	PAGE_KERNEL_X
 #else
 #define PAGE_KERNEL_TEXT	PAGE_KERNEL_ROX
-- 
1.7.4.4



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