linux-kernel - Re: GIT head no longer boots on x86-64

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Message-ID: <20081013164717.7a21084a@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:47:17 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
Subject: Re: GIT head no longer boots on x86-64

> I guess SMP kernel running on UP? In such a case the module .text

Yep

> is patched to use UP locks before the module is added to the modules
> list and it thinks there are no valid data at that place while
> patching.
> 
> Could you test it? The bug disappeared here in qemu. I've checked
> callers of the function, and it should not matter for them.

Seems to do the job.

Jiri 1 Linus 0

;)

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