[PATCH 2/2] x86: text_poke, check if text_mutex is held

From: Jiri Slaby
Date: Tue Oct 06 2015 - 08:29:56 EST


This is required by the function, su use lockdep (if available) to
check the dependency.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
---
arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 25f909362b7a..3985c2517a93 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -693,6 +693,8 @@ void *text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len)
struct page *pages[2];
int i;

+ lockdep_assert_held(&text_mutex);
+
if (!core_kernel_text((unsigned long)addr)) {
pages[0] = vmalloc_to_page(addr);
pages[1] = vmalloc_to_page(addr + PAGE_SIZE);
--
2.6.1

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