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diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
index 0927bb158ffc..76228525acd0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/memory.h>
#include <trace/syscall.h>
@@ -34,16 +35,25 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
int ftrace_arch_code_modify_prepare(void)
+ __acquires(&text_mutex)
{
+ /*
+ * Need to grab text_mutex to prevent a race from module loading
+ * and live kernel patching from changing the text permissions while
+ * ftrace has it set to "read/write".
+ */
+ mutex_lock(&text_mutex);
set_kernel_text_rw();
set_all_modules_text_rw();
return 0;
}
int ftrace_arch_code_modify_post_process(void)
+ __releases(&text_mutex)
{
set_all_modules_text_ro();
set_kernel_text_ro();
+ mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);
return 0;
}