[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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