Re: Bug#588509: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: hangs under Xen after Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 4220k

[Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no>]

Timo Juhani Lindfors <timo.lindfors@iki.fi> writes:

> However, it seems that the OOPS is caused by a write (error_code==3)
> to variable called "last_value" that is in read-only memory (.rodata):

Yes, Linus has already explained why here:
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1009506

Note that the patch he posts there isn't complete, and isn't fixing the
relevant part for the above problem, but the explanation is still
valid.


Bjørn