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authorDmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>2017-07-24 16:51:18 -0700
committerDmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>2017-07-24 16:51:18 -0700
commit53a7ff8fb785839b87f950fd85433d9c662fac89 (patch)
tree119840a23e5226d3f258e2309b4ef1d328535dd2 /kernel/livepatch/patch.c
parent4323418d62fefe48ee5019f2c744c918be06ec69 (diff)
parent072a7852338af900c302490474939e089f4bd4c4 (diff)
Merge branch 'bind_unbind' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core into next
This brings in devm_device_add_group() and friends so that we can create driver-specific device attributes as managed resources.
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/livepatch/patch.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/livepatch/patch.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/patch.c b/kernel/livepatch/patch.c
index f8269036bf0b..52c4e907c14b 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/patch.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/patch.c
@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ static void notrace klp_ftrace_handler(unsigned long ip,
ops = container_of(fops, struct klp_ops, fops);
- rcu_read_lock();
+ /*
+ * A variant of synchronize_sched() is used to allow patching functions
+ * where RCU is not watching, see klp_synchronize_transition().
+ */
+ preempt_disable_notrace();
func = list_first_or_null_rcu(&ops->func_stack, struct klp_func,
stack_node);
@@ -115,7 +119,7 @@ static void notrace klp_ftrace_handler(unsigned long ip,
klp_arch_set_pc(regs, (unsigned long)func->new_func);
unlock:
- rcu_read_unlock();
+ preempt_enable_notrace();
}
/*