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| H A D | ftrace.c | diff 39611265edc1af3d574178202e19c31e187e7cf2 Thu Jun 27 20:18:19 CDT 2019 Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org> ftrace/x86: Add a comment to why we take text_mutex in ftrace_arch_code_modify_prepare()
Taking the text_mutex in ftrace_arch_code_modify_prepare() is to fix a
race against module loading and live kernel patching that might try to
change the text permissions while ftrace has it as read/write. This
really needs to be documented in the code. Add a comment that does such.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190627211819.5a591f52@gandalf.local.home
Suggested-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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