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Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:40:19 +0100
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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* mat <castet.matthieu@free.fr> wrote:

> Le Wed, 8 Dec 2010 14:19:51 -0800,
> Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com> a écrit :
> 
> > On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 06:23:55PM +0100, mat wrote:
> > > could you try the attached patch ?
> > > 
> > > on module load, we sort the __jump_table section. So we should make
> > > it writable.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Matthieu
> > 
> > > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h
> > > b/arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h index f52d42e..574dbc2 100644
> > > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h
> > > @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
> > >  	do
> > > {							\ asm
> > > goto("1:"					\
> > > JUMP_LABEL_INITIAL_NOP			\
> > > -			".pushsection __jump_table,  \"a\" \n\t"\
> > > +			".pushsection __jump_table,  \"aw\" \n\t"\
> > >  			_ASM_PTR "1b, %l[" #label "], %c0 \n\t" \
> > >  			".popsection \n\t"			\
> > >  			: :  "i" (key) :  : label);
> > > \
> > 
> > Acked-by: Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com>
> > 
> > Can this please get committed to tip?
> I think it is not need anymore with  Steven Rostedt patch [1]
> 
> Matthieu
> 
> [1]
> > > Here we set the text read only before we call the notifiers. The
> > > function tracer changes the calls to mcount into nops via a notifier
> > > call so this must be done after the module notifiers.

What's the status of this bug?

If we still need the patch then please submit it standalone with a proper subject 
line, with acks/signoffs added, etc.

Thanks,

	Ingo