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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-03-06 13:47:56 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-03-06 13:47:56 -0800
commit0d9b9c1674fa7f86175a41805061908022e394b8 (patch)
tree5846b107c5c10932e59d4dbf92456c69af856c70 /kernel
parent5b3b5921bad8617ff0b3fbfc2a2c6617f2525fd9 (diff)
parentc064a0de1bfb07c34a3798822c7e1636eea866e8 (diff)
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Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/livepatching
Pull livepatching fix from Jiri Kosina: "Fix an RCU unlock misplacement in live patching infrastructure, from Peter Zijlstra" * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/livepatching: livepatch: fix RCU usage in klp_find_external_symbol()
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/livepatch/core.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/core.c b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
index 782172f..01ca088 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/core.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
@@ -248,11 +248,12 @@ static int klp_find_external_symbol(struct module *pmod, const char *name,
/* first, check if it's an exported symbol */
preempt_disable();
sym = find_symbol(name, NULL, NULL, true, true);
- preempt_enable();
if (sym) {
*addr = sym->value;
+ preempt_enable();
return 0;
}
+ preempt_enable();
/* otherwise check if it's in another .o within the patch module */
return klp_find_object_symbol(pmod->name, name, addr);
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