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SubjectRe: [PATCH] arm64: ftrace: stop using kstop_machine to enable/disable tracing
On Thu, Dec 03, 2015 at 10:05:25AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Dec 2015 09:38:21 +0000
> Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> wrote:
> > I think you're missing the case where the instruction changes under our
> > feet after we've read it but before we've replaced it (e.g. due to module
> > unloading). I think that's why ftrace_modify_code has the comment about
> > lack of locking thanks to stop_machine.
>
> Note, ftrace has a module notifier that is called when a module is
> being unloaded and before the text goes away. This code grabs the
> ftrace_lock mutex and removes the module functions from the ftrace
> list, such that it will no longer do any modifications to that module's
> text.
>
> The update to make functions be traced is done under the ftrace_lock
> mutex as well.
>
> You do not need to worry about module text disappearing from
> underneath you while you do your modifications.

Good.

> Now, if there's comments that suggest otherwise, they need to be
> updated.

Yeah, I think the comments on x86 and arm64 are out of date. They also
mention the freeing of __init sections -- is that still a concern?

Will


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