From: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx> There is no apparent reason not to use text_poke_early() during early-init, since no patching of code that might be on the stack is done and only a single core is running. This is required for the next patches that would set a temporary mm for text poking, and this mm is only initialized after some static-keys are enabled/disabled. Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c b/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c index f99bd26bd3f1..e7d8c636b228 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c @@ -50,7 +50,12 @@ static void __ref __jump_label_transform(struct jump_entry *entry, jmp.offset = jump_entry_target(entry) - (jump_entry_code(entry) + JUMP_LABEL_NOP_SIZE); - if (early_boot_irqs_disabled) + /* + * As long as only a single processor is running and the code is still + * not marked as RO, text_poke_early() can be used; Checking that + * system_state is SYSTEM_BOOTING guarantees it. + */ + if (system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING) poker = text_poke_early; if (type == JUMP_LABEL_JMP) { -- 2.17.1