linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/7] livepatch: Remove module_disable

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Date:   Thu, 16 Apr 2020 07:10:08 -0500
From:   Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
To:     Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>
Cc:     Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>, live-patching@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] livepatch: Remove module_disable_ro() usage

On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 11:28:25AM +0200, Miroslav Benes wrote:
> If I remember correctly, text_mutex must be held whenever text is modified 
> to prevent race due to the modification. It is not only about permission 
> changes even though it was how it manifested itself in our case.

Yeah, that's what confused me.  We went years without using text_mutex
and then only started using it because of a race with the permissions
changes.

-- 
Josh