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x86_64, ftrace: Make ftrace use kernel identity mapping to modify code
authorSuresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:46:57 +0000 (18:46 -0800)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Mon, 2 Nov 2009 16:16:36 +0000 (17:16 +0100)
commit55ca3cc1746335bb6ef1d3894ddb6d0c729b3518
tree1678b567a1d4ebb92c51abc0234334023879c749
parent502f660466ba7a66711ffdf414b1f7f1131dcbf7
x86_64, ftrace: Make ftrace use kernel identity mapping to modify code

On x86_64, kernel text mappings are mapped read-only with
CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA. So use the kernel identity mapping instead
of the kernel text mapping to modify the kernel text.

Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Tested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
LKML-Reference: <20091029024821.080941108@sbs-t61.sc.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c