Re: [PATCH] x86/ftrace: Mark ftrace_modify_code_direct() __ref

[Steven Rostedt]

On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 18:35:10 +0100
Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
> index 2a179fb35cd1..108ee96f8b66 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
> @@ -99,7 +99,12 @@ static int ftrace_verify_code(unsigned long ip, const char *old_code)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -static int
> +/*
> + * Marked __ref because it calls text_poke_early() which is .init.text. That is
> + * ok because that call will happen early, during boot, when .init sections are
> + * still present.
> + */
> +static int __ref

Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

-- Steve

>  ftrace_modify_code_direct(unsigned long ip, const char *old_code,
>  			  const char *new_code)
>  {