linux-kernel - Re: [patches] [PATCH for 2.6.22] [9/10] i386: Disable alternative()patching after boot with DEBUG

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Message-Id: <200706201427.38723.ak@suse.de>
Date:	Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:27:38 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	"Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@...ell.com>
Cc:	torvalds@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...-64.org
Subject: Re: [patches] [PATCH for 2.6.22] [9/10] i386: Disable alternative()patching after boot with DEBUG_RO

		return;
> 
> Why would we need this? mark_rodata_ro() already accounts for the
> CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU case in that it doesn't write protect .text then.

True, I missed that. The other code could be removed or this patch be
dropped.

-Andi
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