[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>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/sections.h b/include/asm-ia64/sections.h
index 8e3dbde1b429..e9eb7f62d32b 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/sections.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/sections.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ extern char __start_gate_vtop_patchlist[], __end_gate_vtop_patchlist[];
 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 */