[PATCH] kprobes/ia64: refuse kprobe on ivt code
Not safe to insert kprobes on IVT code.
This patch checks to see if the address on which Kprobes is being inserted is
in ivt code and if it is in ivt code then refuse to register kprobe.
Signed-off-by: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com>
Acked-by: David Mosberger <davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/sections.h b/include/asm-ia64/sections.h
index 8e3dbde..e9eb7f6 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/sections.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/sections.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
extern char __start_gate_fsyscall_patchlist[], __end_gate_fsyscall_patchlist[];
extern char __start_gate_brl_fsys_bubble_down_patchlist[], __end_gate_brl_fsys_bubble_down_patchlist[];
extern char __start_unwind[], __end_unwind[];
+extern char __start_ivt_text[], __end_ivt_text[];
#endif /* _ASM_IA64_SECTIONS_H */