Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 1 Mar 2009 00:52:01 +0100 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4/6] ftrace, x86: make kernel text writable only for conversions |
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> So using aliases for kernel text rewriting is bad idea because it > would break ia64?
Nope.
First what you do on x86 kernels doesn't matter to ia64. And then kernel text rewriting doesn't require any illegal aliases anyways. It would only be a problem if someone set the kernel text uncached, which no sane person would do.
> That was what the thread was about. (Sorry, no ia64 > or sparc manuals nearby).
google knows them all.
-Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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