linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86: fix text

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Date:	Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:45:09 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, zdenek.kabelac@...il.com,
	rjw@...k.pl, paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
	penberg@...helsinki.fi, clameter@....com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>,
	pageexec@...email.hu, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86: fix text_poke


* Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> But there was actually a much worse problem with my patch: 
> __set_fixmap() is __init. Which means that my patch was just totally 
> broken.

ah, on 64-bit. That we better make consistent anyway, via the patch 
below. set_pte_phys() needs to become non-init as well.

	Ingo

----------->
Subject: x86: make __set_fixmap() non-init
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Date: Fri Apr 25 18:28:21 CEST 2008

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
---
 arch/x86/mm/init_64.c |    5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Index: linux/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ linux/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static __init void *spp_getpage(void)
 	return ptr;
 }
 
-static __init void
+static void
 set_pte_phys(unsigned long vaddr, unsigned long phys, pgprot_t prot)
 {
 	pgd_t *pgd;
@@ -214,8 +214,7 @@ void __init cleanup_highmap(void)
 }
 
 /* NOTE: this is meant to be run only at boot */
-void __init
-__set_fixmap(enum fixed_addresses idx, unsigned long phys, pgprot_t prot)
+void __set_fixmap(enum fixed_addresses idx, unsigned long phys, pgprot_t prot)
 {
 	unsigned long address = __fix_to_virt(idx);
 
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