4 files changed, 9 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
index 12ecc817be3f..3727537f5825 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@
 
         .endm
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_KPROBES
+        .section        .kprobes.text,"ax",%progbits
+#else
+        .text
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Invalid mode handlers
  */
@@ -562,7 +568,7 @@ do_fpe:
         .data
 ENTRY(fp_enter)
         .word   no_fp
-        .text
+        .previous
 
 no_fp:  mov     pc, lr
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes.c
index a18a8458e99d..450ee2cbfe17 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ int __kprobes arch_prepare_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
         unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)p->addr;
         int is;
 
-        if (addr & 0x3)
+        if (addr & 0x3 || in_exception_text(addr))
                 return -EINVAL;
 
         insn = *p->addr;
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
index c34db4e868fa..65bb762b2d80 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
@@ -46,15 +46,6 @@ __setup("user_debug=", user_debug_setup);
 
 static void dump_mem(const char *str, unsigned long bottom, unsigned long top);
 
-static inline int in_exception_text(unsigned long ptr)
-{
-        extern char __exception_text_start[];
-        extern char __exception_text_end[];
-
-        return ptr >= (unsigned long)&__exception_text_start &&
-               ptr < (unsigned long)&__exception_text_end;
-}
-
 void dump_backtrace_entry(unsigned long where, unsigned long from, unsigned long frame)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 5ff5406666b4..30f732c7fdb5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ SECTIONS
                         TEXT_TEXT
                         SCHED_TEXT
                         LOCK_TEXT
+                        KPROBES_TEXT
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
                         *(.fixup)
 #endif