4 files changed, 9 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
index 12ecc817be3f..3727537f5825 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@
 
 	.endm
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_KPROBES
+	.section	.kprobes.text,"ax",%progbits
+#else
+	.text
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Invalid mode handlers
  */
@@ -562,7 +568,7 @@ do_fpe:
 	.data
 ENTRY(fp_enter)
 	.word	no_fp
-	.text
+	.previous
 
 no_fp:	mov	pc, lr
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes.c
index a18a8458e99d..450ee2cbfe17 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ int __kprobes arch_prepare_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
 	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)p->addr;
 	int is;
 
-	if (addr & 0x3)
+	if (addr & 0x3 || in_exception_text(addr))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	insn = *p->addr;
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
index c34db4e868fa..65bb762b2d80 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
@@ -46,15 +46,6 @@ __setup("user_debug=", user_debug_setup);
 
 static void dump_mem(const char *str, unsigned long bottom, unsigned long top);
 
-static inline int in_exception_text(unsigned long ptr)
-{
-	extern char __exception_text_start[];
-	extern char __exception_text_end[];
-
-	return ptr >= (unsigned long)&__exception_text_start &&
-	       ptr < (unsigned long)&__exception_text_end;
-}
-
 void dump_backtrace_entry(unsigned long where, unsigned long from, unsigned long frame)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 5ff5406666b4..30f732c7fdb5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ SECTIONS
 			TEXT_TEXT
 			SCHED_TEXT
 			LOCK_TEXT
+			KPROBES_TEXT
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 			*(.fixup)
 #endif