linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -stable] disable CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE due to possible memory corruption on module unload

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Message-ID: <20081015225134.GA23026@suse.de>
Date:	Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:51:34 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, stable@...nel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	jesse.brandeburg@...el.com, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -stable] disable CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE due to possible
	memory corruption on module unload

On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 06:46:12PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 15 Oct 2008, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > 
> > The problem arises when we trace functions and modules are unloaded.
> 
> Note, it is not just module unloading. The issue can happen when the
> init functions of a module are freed and the nvram is vmapped there as
> well.

Ok, that makes sense why so many people hit this.

I'll go do a 2.6.27.1 with this patch in it right now, thanks for
spending the time to look into this.

greg k-h
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