linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/3] Rewrite x86/ftrace to use text

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Date:   Mon, 26 Aug 2019 14:51:38 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org
Cc:     Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: [PATCH 0/3] Rewrite x86/ftrace to use text_poke()

Ftrace was one of the last W^X violators; these patches move it over to the
generic text_poke() interface and thereby get rid of this oddity.

Very lightly tested...