linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/2] fix ftrace initialization issue when a module is loaded

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Date:	Fri, 25 Dec 2015 14:22:31 +0800
From:	"Qiu, PeiyangX" <peiyangx.qiu@...el.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com
Subject: [PATCH 0/2] fix ftrace initialization issue when a module is loaded

When a module is loaded, current ftrace initialization around the new module
has some issues.

1) ftrace might race with insmod: Just after load_module calls
ftrace_module_init to add ftrace records of the module, ftrace_run_update_code
might jump in to change module codes. But load_module calls
complete_formation=>set_section_ro_nx to put the module TEXT attribute to RO.
Then, ftrace_run_update_code triggers ftrace_bug and fails.

2) complete_formation might fail and the module's ftrace records are not
cleaned up.

This patchset fixes above issues.
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