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authorTony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>2017-08-10 09:05:53 -0700
committerTony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>2017-08-10 09:05:53 -0700
commitc002c27874faaa170b535d03d7efee89ecdd9be4 (patch)
tree70d91eba77a9c374e4f0bf9eb8636acba57ca173 /kernel/livepatch/patch.c
parentARM: dts: dra7: Add "max-frequency" property to MMC dt nodes (diff)
parentLinux v4.13-rc1 (diff)
Merge tag 'v4.13-rc1' into omap-for-v4.14/mmc-regulator
Linux v4.13-rc1
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/livepatch/patch.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/livepatch/patch.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/patch.c b/kernel/livepatch/patch.c
index f8269036bf0b..52c4e907c14b 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/patch.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/patch.c
@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ static void notrace klp_ftrace_handler(unsigned long ip,
ops = container_of(fops, struct klp_ops, fops);
- rcu_read_lock();
+ /*
+ * A variant of synchronize_sched() is used to allow patching functions
+ * where RCU is not watching, see klp_synchronize_transition().
+ */
+ preempt_disable_notrace();
func = list_first_or_null_rcu(&ops->func_stack, struct klp_func,
stack_node);
@@ -115,7 +119,7 @@ static void notrace klp_ftrace_handler(unsigned long ip,
klp_arch_set_pc(regs, (unsigned long)func->new_func);
unlock:
- rcu_read_unlock();
+ preempt_enable_notrace();
}
/*