linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Text Edit Lock

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Date:	Sun, 15 Jul 2007 19:30:35 -0400
From:	Mathieu Desnoyers <compudj@...stal.dyndns.org>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	hch@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Text Edit Lock - i386 kerneldoc

Please drop, will be replaced by
text-edit-lock-i386-kerneldoc-implementation.patch

* Mathieu Desnoyers (mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca) wrote:
> Text Edit Lock - i386 kerneldoc
> 
> Add kerneldoc to text edit lock i386 API.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
> CC: hch@...radead.org
> ---
>  include/asm-i386/cacheflush.h |   19 ++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6-lttng/include/asm-i386/cacheflush.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6-lttng.orig/include/asm-i386/cacheflush.h	2007-07-14 20:23:01.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux-2.6-lttng/include/asm-i386/cacheflush.h	2007-07-14 20:24:17.000000000 -0400
> @@ -35,8 +35,25 @@ void kernel_map_pages(struct page *page,
>  #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
>  void mark_rodata_ro(void);
>  
> -/* mark kernel text pages writable */
> +/**
> + * kernel_text_mark_rw  -   Mark kernel text RW
> + * @address:                location of the code
> + * @len:                    size of code to mark
> + *
> + * Mark the kernel text pages writable so they can safely written to. This is
> + * useful for code patching.
> +*/
> +
>  extern void kernel_text_mark_rw(unsigned long address, size_t len);
> +
> +/**
> + * kernel_text_unmark  -    Mark kernel text back to its original flags
> + * @address:                location of the code
> + * @len:                    size of code to mark
> + *
> + * Mark the kernel text back to its original flags.
> + */
> +
>  extern void kernel_text_unmark(unsigned long address, size_t len);
>  #else
>  static inline void kernel_text_mark_rw(unsigned long address, size_t len) { }
> -- 
> Mathieu Desnoyers
> Computer Engineering Ph.D. Student, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
> OpenPGP key fingerprint: 8CD5 52C3 8E3C 4140 715F  BA06 3F25 A8FE 3BAE 9A68

-- 
Mathieu Desnoyers
Computer Engineering Ph.D. Student, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
OpenPGP key fingerprint: 8CD5 52C3 8E3C 4140 715F  BA06 3F25 A8FE 3BAE 9A68
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