The assembly templates for lguest guest patching are in the .init.text section. This means that modules get patched with "cc cc cc cc" or similar junk. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/lguest/lguest_asm.S | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) =================================================================== --- a/drivers/lguest/lguest_asm.S +++ b/drivers/lguest/lguest_asm.S @@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ jmp lguest_init /*G:055 We create a macro which puts the assembler code between lgstart_ and - * lgend_ markers. These templates end up in the .init.text section, so they - * are discarded after boot. */ + * lgend_ markers. These templates are put in the .text section: they can't be + * discarded after boot as we may need to patch modules, too. */ +.text #define LGUEST_PATCH(name, insns...) \ lgstart_##name: insns; lgend_##name:; \ .globl lgstart_##name; .globl lgend_##name @@ -34,7 +35,6 @@ LGUEST_PATCH(pushf, movl lguest_data+LGU LGUEST_PATCH(pushf, movl lguest_data+LGUEST_DATA_irq_enabled, %eax) /*:*/ -.text /* These demark the EIP range where host should never deliver interrupts. */ .global lguest_noirq_start .global lguest_noirq_end -- there are those who do and those who hang on and you don't see too many doers quoting their contemporaries. -- Larry McVoy _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
