[OpenAFS-devel] Fwd: openafs problems on AMD64

Stefaan stefaan.deroeck@gmail.com
Tue, 4 Apr 2006 10:15:58 +0200


> Does the kernel in question have CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA turned on? 2.6.16
> constified (and or .rodata'd) many syscall tables, which means they
> actually become readonly if CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA is turned on. This is why
> the 64bit table cannot be found. the 32bit table is found because it is
> EXPORT_SYMBOL'd, but the attempt to update it causes a pagefault.

Does this mean this kernel option should be turned off for linux on
any architecture (not just AMD64)?

Thanks,
Stefaan