4 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug b/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug
index 6293920cd1be..b31c0802e1cc 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ config DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
 config DEBUG_RODATA
         bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
         depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
-        depends on !KPROBES # temporary for 2.6.22
         help
           Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables,
           in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const
diff --git a/arch/i386/mm/init.c b/arch/i386/mm/init.c
index b22ce8d6b1ba..7135946d3663 100644
--- a/arch/i386/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/i386/mm/init.c
@@ -799,6 +799,7 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void)
         unsigned long start = PFN_ALIGN(_text);
         unsigned long size = PFN_ALIGN(_etext) - start;
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_KPROBES
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
         /* It must still be possible to apply SMP alternatives. */
         if (num_possible_cpus() <= 1)
@@ -808,7 +809,7 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void)
                                  size >> PAGE_SHIFT, PAGE_KERNEL_RX);
                 printk("Write protecting the kernel text: %luk\n", size >> 10);
         }
-
+#endif
         start += size;
         size = (unsigned long)__end_rodata - start;
         change_page_attr(virt_to_page(start),
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug
index 8a8677518447..775d211a5cf9 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
 config DEBUG_RODATA
        bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
        depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
-       depends on !KPROBES # temporary for 2.6.22
        help
          Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables,
          in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const data.
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c b/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c
index efb6e845114e..9a0e98accf04 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c
@@ -605,6 +605,11 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void)
         if (num_possible_cpus() > 1)
                 start = (unsigned long)_etext;
 #endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_KPROBES
+        start = (unsigned long)__start_rodata;
+#endif
+        
         end = (unsigned long)__end_rodata;
         start = (start + PAGE_SIZE - 1) & PAGE_MASK;
         end &= PAGE_MASK;