[PATCH v3] powerpc/code-patching: Improve verification of patchability
Michael Ellerman
patch-notifications at ellerman.id.au
Thu Nov 25 20:36:31 AEDT 2021
On Mon, 15 Nov 2021 11:12:22 +0100, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> Today, patch_instruction() assumes that it is called exclusively on
> valid addresses, and only checks that it is not called on an init
> address after init section has been freed.
>
> Improve verification by calling kernel_text_address() instead.
>
> kernel_text_address() already includes a verification of
> initmem release.
>
> [...]
Applied to powerpc/next.
[1/1] powerpc/code-patching: Improve verification of patchability
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/8b8a8f0ab3f5519e45c526f826a655817486c5bb
cheers
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