Re: [1/2] 2.6.22-rc5: known regressions with patches

[Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>]

On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 03:38:06PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

 > And yes, that patch already got merged. However, the patch to *allow* 
 > Kprobes with DEBUG_RODATA is not, and will not be. It's not a regression, 
 > and quite frankly, I don't think I would even want that patch.
 > 
 > Kprobes fundamntally disagrees with DEBUG_RODATA, there's no point in 
 > "working around it". Better just admit it.

Surely the fundamental disagreement is only due to DEBUG_RODATA
covering write-protection of both .text, and .rodata  ?
I can see value in having a kernel that supports kprobes, whilst
at the same point, raising red flags if something writes into
a const string. With my distro kernel maintainer hat on, I always
hate these 'pick one' decisions, because I always get convincing
arguments from proponents of both sides.

Was it always this way?  I thought DEBUG_RODATA initially just
covered, well.. rodata.    And kprobes only wants to change .text
doesn't it ?

	Dave

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