2 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
index ec30d10154b6..f96eca21ad8f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
@@ -710,6 +710,8 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void)
         unsigned long start = PFN_ALIGN(_text);
         unsigned long size = PFN_ALIGN(_etext) - start;
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
+        /* Dynamic tracing modifies the kernel text section */
         set_pages_ro(virt_to_page(start), size >> PAGE_SHIFT);
         printk(KERN_INFO "Write protecting the kernel text: %luk\n",
                 size >> 10);
@@ -722,6 +724,8 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void)
         printk(KERN_INFO "Testing CPA: write protecting again\n");
         set_pages_ro(virt_to_page(start), size>>PAGE_SHIFT);
 #endif
+#endif /* CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE */
+
         start += size;
         size = (unsigned long)__end_rodata - start;
         set_pages_ro(virt_to_page(start), size >> PAGE_SHIFT);
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index 32ba13b0f818..41824e776b6c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -766,6 +766,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rodata_test_data);
 void mark_rodata_ro(void)
 {
         unsigned long start = PFN_ALIGN(_stext), end = PFN_ALIGN(__end_rodata);
+        unsigned long rodata_start =
+                ((unsigned long)__start_rodata + PAGE_SIZE - 1) & PAGE_MASK;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
+        /* Dynamic tracing modifies the kernel text section */
+        start = rodata_start;
+#endif
 
         printk(KERN_INFO "Write protecting the kernel read-only data: %luk\n",
                (end - start) >> 10);
@@ -775,8 +782,7 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void)
          * The rodata section (but not the kernel text!) should also be
          * not-executable.
          */
-        start = ((unsigned long)__start_rodata + PAGE_SIZE - 1) & PAGE_MASK;
-        set_memory_nx(start, (end - start) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+        set_memory_nx(rodata_start, (end - start) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 
         rodata_test();