linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PCI: keystone: fix crash with deferred probe

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Date:	Mon, 23 Nov 2015 11:39:02 +0000
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...vell.com>
Cc:	Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, Murali Karicheri <m-karicheri2@...com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI: keystone: fix crash with deferred probe

On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 07:22:09PM +0800, Jisheng Zhang wrote:
> when trying to add berlin pcie support and came up one patch
> 
> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2015-November/384575.html
> 
> when build testing, I also realized this issue, but keystone relies on
> hook_fault_code() which is will be freed after boot, so your patch isn't
> completed.

hook_fault_code() is intentionally not callable after boot.  It's unsafe
to try to change the fault handling for a running system.  It's even more
unsafe to try to remove a fault handler which is located in module code.

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