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Re: [PATCH 5/5] x86: ftrace: fix the comments for ftrace_modify_code_direct

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On Fri, 4 Dec 2015, Li Bin wrote:
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
> @@ -106,13 +106,12 @@ ftrace_modify_code_direct(unsigned long ip, unsigned const char *old_code,
>  	unsigned char replaced[MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE];
>  
>  	/*
> -	 * Note: Due to modules and __init, code can
> -	 *  disappear and change, we need to protect against faulting
> -	 *  as well as code changing. We do this by using the
> -	 *  probe_kernel_* functions.
> -	 *
> -	 * No real locking needed, this code is run through
> -	 * kstop_machine, or before SMP starts.
> +	 * Note:
> +	 * We are paranoid about modifying text, as if a bug were to happen, it
> +	 * could cause us to read or write to someplace that could cause harm.
> +	 * Carefully read and modify the code with aarch64_insn_*() which uses

aarch64_insn_() is related to x86 in which way?

Thanks,

	tglx
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[PATCH 0/5] ftrace: fix ftrace misleading comments for arch using it Li Bin <huawei.libin@huawei.com> - 2015-12-04 08:30 +0100
  [PATCH 2/5] metag: ftrace: fix the comments for ftrace_modify_code Li Bin <huawei.libin@huawei.com> - 2015-12-04 08:30 +0100
  [PATCH 1/5] ia64: ftrace: fix the comments for ftrace_modify_code Li Bin <huawei.libin@huawei.com> - 2015-12-04 08:30 +0100
    RE: [PATCH 1/5] ia64: ftrace: fix the comments for  ftrace_modify_code "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> - 2015-12-04 18:40 +0100
  [PATCH 5/5] x86: ftrace: fix the comments for ftrace_modify_code_direct Li Bin <huawei.libin@huawei.com> - 2015-12-04 08:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 5/5] x86: ftrace: fix the comments for  ftrace_modify_code_direct Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2015-12-05 18:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 5/5] x86: ftrace: fix the comments for  ftrace_modify_code_direct Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-12-06 00:00 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 5/5] x86: ftrace: fix the comments for  ftrace_modify_code_direct Li Bin <huawei.libin@huawei.com> - 2015-12-06 03:10 +0100
  [PATCH 3/5] powerpc: ftrace: fix the comments for ftrace_modify_code Li Bin <huawei.libin@huawei.com> - 2015-12-04 08:40 +0100
  [PATCH 4/5] sh: ftrace: fix the comments for ftrace_modify_code Li Bin <huawei.libin@huawei.com> - 2015-12-04 08:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 4/5] sh: ftrace: fix the comments for ftrace_modify_code Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com> - 2015-12-04 13:50 +0100

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