On Tue, 23 May 2017 12:56:43 +0200
Marcin Nowakowski <marcin.nowakowski@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Since introduction of tracing for init functions the in_kernel_space()
> check is no longer correct, as it ignores the init sections. As a
> result, when probes are inserted (and disabled) in the init functions,
> a branch instruction is inserted instead of a nop, which is likely to
> result in random crashes during boot.
>
> Remove the MIPS-specific in_kernel_space() method and replace it with
> a generic core_kernel_text() that also checks for init sections during
> system boot stage.
>
> Fixes: 42c269c88dc1 ("ftrace: Allow for function tracing to record
> init functions on boot up") Signed-off-by: Marcin Nowakowski
> <marcin.nowakowski@xxxxxxxxxx> ---
> arch/mips/kernel/ftrace.c | 24 +++++-------------------
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>
>
Thanks for doing this.
-- Steve
