From: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>
To: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>,
rusty@rustcorp.co.au, rostedt@goodmis.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu, hpa@zytor.com,
tglx@linutronix.de, roland@redhat.com, rth@redhat.com,
mhiramat@redhat.com, fweisbec@gmail.com, avi@redhat.com,
davem@davemloft.net, vgoyal@redhat.com, sam@ravnborg.org,
tony@bakeyournoodle.com, Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Rewrite jump_label.c to use binary search
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:46:50 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100922134650.GA2816@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4a8f3ad8416ed61cba1746883da1f839.squirrel@www.firstfloor.org>
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 01:56:48PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
>
> >> + for (; entry < stop && entry->key == key; entry++)
> >> + if (kernel_text_address(entry->code))
> >
> > This does not work for modules I'm afraid, only for the core kernel. You
> > should test for __module_text_address() somewhere.
>
> I thought it was shared now, but ok.
>
> > Dumb question: why do you need this test at all ?
>
> I just copied that from the original code. In fact I was wondering
> too why it's needed. Jason?
>
>
It was put there for jump labels that are in __init sections. Without
this check the code will corrupt itself when we toggle a jump label
after the __init sections have been freed.
thanks,
-Jason
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-22 13:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-22 10:08 [PATCH 1/2] Add for_each_module iterator function Andi Kleen
2010-09-22 10:08 ` [PATCH 2/2] Rewrite jump_label.c to use binary search Andi Kleen
2010-09-22 11:31 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2010-09-22 11:56 ` Andi Kleen
2010-09-22 12:04 ` Andi Kleen
2010-09-22 15:02 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2010-09-22 15:07 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2010-09-22 15:43 ` Jason Baron
2010-09-22 15:28 ` Jason Baron
2010-09-22 19:19 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2010-09-22 13:46 ` Jason Baron [this message]
2010-09-22 18:14 ` Jason Baron
2010-09-22 11:57 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-09-22 16:12 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-09-22 19:43 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2010-09-22 20:06 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-09-22 20:41 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2010-09-22 20:54 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-09-22 12:25 ` [PATCH 1/2] Add for_each_module iterator function Thomas Gleixner
2010-09-22 12:52 ` Andi Kleen
2010-09-22 14:03 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
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