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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-04-01 21:54:19 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-04-02 00:49:02 +0200
commit8302294f43250dc337108c51882a6007f2b1e2e0 (patch)
tree85acd4440799c46a372df9cad170fa0c21e59096 /kernel/extable.c
parent4fe70410d9a219dabb47328effccae7e7f2a6e26 (diff)
parent2e572895bf3203e881356a4039ab0fa428ed2639 (diff)
Merge branch 'tracing/core-v2' into tracing-for-linus
Conflicts: include/linux/slub_def.h lib/Kconfig.debug mm/slob.c mm/slub.c
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/extable.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/extable.c19
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/extable.c b/kernel/extable.c
index e136ed8d82b..b54a6017b6b 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[];
@@ -41,7 +52,7 @@ const struct exception_table_entry *search_exception_tables(unsigned long addr)
return e;
}
-__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)
@@ -54,7 +65,7 @@ __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;