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| author | Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> | 2017-06-29 14:27:39 +0200 |
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| committer | Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> | 2017-06-29 14:27:39 +0200 |
| commit | 61830619675b97d3da34c59c71ae51646a205e2c (patch) | |
| tree | e6d39f81284bdb86ba4214c89994fb454074f583 /kernel/livepatch/patch.c | |
| parent | 8137f78a7fedeef1ffc0ac36e0ad68960eaf5010 (diff) | |
| parent | c0bc126f97fb929b3ae02c1c62322645d70eb408 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-61830619675b97d3da34c59c71ae51646a205e2c.tar.gz lwn-61830619675b97d3da34c59c71ae51646a205e2c.zip | |
Merge tag 'v4.12-rc7' into devel
Linux 4.12-rc7
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/livepatch/patch.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/livepatch/patch.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/patch.c b/kernel/livepatch/patch.c index f8269036bf0b..52c4e907c14b 100644 --- a/kernel/livepatch/patch.c +++ b/kernel/livepatch/patch.c @@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ static void notrace klp_ftrace_handler(unsigned long ip, ops = container_of(fops, struct klp_ops, fops); - rcu_read_lock(); + /* + * A variant of synchronize_sched() is used to allow patching functions + * where RCU is not watching, see klp_synchronize_transition(). + */ + preempt_disable_notrace(); func = list_first_or_null_rcu(&ops->func_stack, struct klp_func, stack_node); @@ -115,7 +119,7 @@ static void notrace klp_ftrace_handler(unsigned long ip, klp_arch_set_pc(regs, (unsigned long)func->new_func); unlock: - rcu_read_unlock(); + preempt_enable_notrace(); } /* |