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Date:   Thu, 18 Jan 2018 05:01:57 -0800
From:   Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
To:     Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
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        David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 tip/master 0/3] kprobes/x86: retpoline: Fix kprobes
 for retpoline
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> Side effect: [1/3] will move __x86_indirect_thunk_* functions
> in kernel text area. Of course those functions were in the
> .text area, but placed in right after _etext. This just moves
> it right before the _etext.

I assume you tested that with page table isolation on?

The thunks need to be accessible from the trampoline.

-Andi