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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2018-10-04 08:23:03 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2018-10-04 08:23:03 +0200
commitc0554d2d3db438623b4f2f9abc3d766b2b15d2fb (patch)
treed00dc324772b95373f4bdc566b3437e5bf637157 /arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
parentbef459026b161fbc39d20dcba698ed0cfffbac38 (diff)
parent1d2ba7fee28b3a47cca8e8f4f94a22d30b2b3a6f (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/core, to pick up fixes
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
index 850f3b8f4da5..6ae2777c220d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ static int __patch_instruction(unsigned int *exec_addr, unsigned int instr,
{
int err;
+ /* Make sure we aren't patching a freed init section */
+ if (init_mem_is_free && init_section_contains(exec_addr, 4)) {
+ pr_debug("Skipping init section patching addr: 0x%px\n", exec_addr);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
__put_user_size(instr, patch_addr, 4, err);
if (err)
return err;