linux-kernel - [tip:tracing/core] x86: expand irq-off region in text

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Date:	Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:57:46 GMT
From:	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, mhiramat@...hat.com, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [tip:tracing/core] x86: expand irq-off region in text_poke()

Commit-ID:  7cf49427042400d40bdc80b5c3399b6b5945afa8
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/7cf49427042400d40bdc80b5c3399b6b5945afa8
Author:     "Masami Hiramatsu" <mhiramat@...hat.com>
AuthorDate: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 12:40:40 -0400
Commit:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:24:23 +0100

x86: expand irq-off region in text_poke()

Expand irq-off region to cover fixmap using code and cache synchronizing.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>
LKML-Reference: <49B54688.8090403@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>


---
 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 2d903b7..f576587 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -526,13 +526,12 @@ void *__kprobes text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len)
 		pages[1] = virt_to_page(addr + PAGE_SIZE);
 	}
 	BUG_ON(!pages[0]);
+	local_irq_save(flags);
 	set_fixmap(FIX_TEXT_POKE0, page_to_phys(pages[0]));
 	if (pages[1])
 		set_fixmap(FIX_TEXT_POKE1, page_to_phys(pages[1]));
 	vaddr = (char *)fix_to_virt(FIX_TEXT_POKE0);
-	local_irq_save(flags);
 	memcpy(&vaddr[(unsigned long)addr & ~PAGE_MASK], opcode, len);
-	local_irq_restore(flags);
 	clear_fixmap(FIX_TEXT_POKE0);
 	if (pages[1])
 		clear_fixmap(FIX_TEXT_POKE1);
@@ -542,5 +541,6 @@ void *__kprobes text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len)
 	   that causes hangs on some VIA CPUs. */
 	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
 		BUG_ON(((char *)addr)[i] != ((char *)opcode)[i]);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 	return addr;
 }
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