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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


  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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