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powerpc: Don't write protect kernel text with CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE enabled

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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@denx.de>
Cc: Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@transmode.se>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
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Stefan Roese 2011-04-14 23:49:53 +00:00 committed by Benjamin Herrenschmidt
parent 84ffae55af
commit 09597cfe93
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arch/powerpc/include/asm/pte-common.h
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@ -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