Andrew Morton suggested using the proper API for reading and writing kernel areas that might fault. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) Index: linux-compile.git/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c =================================================================== --- linux-compile.git.orig/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c 2008-10-23 09:26:22.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-compile.git/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c 2008-10-23 09:27:08.000000000 -0400 @@ -67,15 +67,14 @@ ftrace_modify_code(unsigned long ip, uns * Note: Due to modules and __init, code can * disappear and change, we need to protect against faulting * as well as code changing. We do this by using the - * __copy_*_user functions. + * probe_kernel_* functions. * * No real locking needed, this code is run through * kstop_machine, or before SMP starts. */ /* read the text we want to modify */ - if (__copy_from_user_inatomic(replaced, (char __user *)ip, - MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE)) + if (probe_kernel_read(replaced, (void *)ip, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE)) return -EFAULT; /* Make sure it is what we expect it to be */ @@ -83,8 +82,7 @@ ftrace_modify_code(unsigned long ip, uns return -EINVAL; /* replace the text with the new text */ - if (__copy_to_user_inatomic((char __user *)ip, new_code, - MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE)) + if (probe_kernel_write((void *)ip, new_code, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE)) return -EPERM; sync_core(); -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/