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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c11
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
index 89de3eaf8772..cbc4a91b131e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -297,16 +297,7 @@ int ftrace_int3_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
static int ftrace_write(unsigned long ip, const char *val, int size)
{
- /*
- * On x86_64, kernel text mappings are mapped read-only with
- * CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA. So we use the kernel identity mapping instead
- * of the kernel text mapping to modify the kernel text.
- *
- * For 32bit kernels, these mappings are same and we can use
- * kernel identity mapping to modify code.
- */
- if (within(ip, (unsigned long)_text, (unsigned long)_etext))
- ip = (unsigned long)__va(__pa_symbol(ip));
+ ip = text_ip_addr(ip);
if (probe_kernel_write((void *)ip, val, size))
return -EPERM;