The patch titled
fix modules oopsing in lguest guests
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
fix-modules-oopsing-in-lguest-guests.patch
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Subject: fix modules oopsing in lguest guests
From: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/lguest/lguest_asm.S | 6 +++---
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/lguest/lguest_asm.S~fix-modules-oopsing-in-lguest-guests drivers/lguest/lguest_asm.S
--- a/drivers/lguest/lguest_asm.S~fix-modules-oopsing-in-lguest-guests
+++ a/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(popf, movl %eax, lguest_dat
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
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
fix-modules-oopsing-in-lguest-guests.patch
git-kbuild.patch
git-kvm.patch
readahead-compacting-file_ra_state.patch
readahead-mmap-read-around-simplification.patch
readahead-combine-file_ra_stateprev_index-prev_offset-into-prev_pos.patch
readahead-combine-file_ra_stateprev_index-prev_offset-into-prev_pos-fix.patch
readahead-combine-file_ra_stateprev_index-prev_offset-into-prev_pos-fix-2.patch
radixtree-introduce-radix_tree_next_hole.patch
readahead-basic-support-of-interleaved-reads.patch
readahead-remove-the-local-copy-of-ra-in-do_generic_mapping_read.patch
readahead-remove-several-readahead-macros.patch
readahead-remove-the-limit-max_sectors_kb-imposed-on-max_readahead_kb.patch
filemap-trivial-code-cleanups.patch
filemap-convert-some-unsigned-long-to-pgoff_t.patch
mmaps2-vma-out-of-mem_size_stats.patch
maps2-make-proc-pid-smaps-optional-under-config_embeddedpatch.patch
maps2-make-proc-pid-smaps-optional-under-config_embeddedpatch-fix.patch
remove-unsafe-from-module-struct.patch
cpu-hotplug-cpu-deliver-cpu_up_canceled-only-to-notify_oked-callbacks-with-cpu_up_prepare.patch
mm-clean-up-and-kernelify-shrinker-registration-reiser4.patch
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