Right now Kprobes cannot write to the write protected kernel text when
DEBUG_RODATA is enabled. Disallow this in Kconfig for now.
Temporary fix for 2.6.22. In .23 add code to temporarily
unprotect it.
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
arch/i386/Kconfig.debug | 1 +
arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug | 1 +
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
Index: linux/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug
+++ linux/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ config DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
config DEBUG_RODATA
bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+ depends on !KPROBES # temporary for 2.6.22
help
Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables,
in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const
Index: linux/arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug
+++ linux/arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
config DEBUG_RODATA
bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+ depends on !KPROBES # temporary for 2.6.22
help
Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables,
in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const data.
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