Re: [patches] [PATCH for 2.6.22] [9/10] i386: Disable alternative()patching after boot with DEBUG_RO

["Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@novell.com>]

>>> Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> 20.06.07 12:23 >>>
>
>Kernel text is protected now so this won't work.
>
>We'll fix it better next time.
>
>Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
>
>---
> arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c |    5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
>Index: linux/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c
>===================================================================
>--- linux.orig/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c
>+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c
>@@ -308,6 +308,11 @@ void alternatives_smp_switch(int smp)
> 	printk("lockdep: not fixing up alternatives.\n");
> 	return;
> #endif
>+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
>+	/* To be fixed properly post 2.6.22 -- need to get writable
>+ 	   mappings of the kernel text */
>+	return;
>+#endif
> 
> 	if (noreplace_smp || smp_alt_once)
> 		return;

Why would we need this? mark_rodata_ro() already accounts for the
CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU case in that it doesn't write protect .text then.

Jan