#include "test_ksyms_btf_null_check.skel.h"
 #include "test_ksyms_weak.skel.h"
 #include "test_ksyms_weak.lskel.h"
+#include "test_ksyms_btf_write_check.skel.h"
 
 static int duration;
 
        test_ksyms_weak_lskel__destroy(skel);
 }
 
+static void test_write_check(void)
+{
+       struct test_ksyms_btf_write_check *skel;
+
+       skel = test_ksyms_btf_write_check__open_and_load();
+       ASSERT_ERR_PTR(skel, "unexpected load of a prog writing to ksym memory\n");
+
+       test_ksyms_btf_write_check__destroy(skel);
+}
+
 void test_ksyms_btf(void)
 {
        int percpu_datasec;
 
        if (test__start_subtest("weak_ksyms_lskel"))
                test_weak_syms_lskel();
+
+       if (test__start_subtest("write_check"))
+               test_write_check();
 }
 
--- /dev/null
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/* Copyright (c) 2021 Google */
+
+#include "vmlinux.h"
+
+#include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
+
+extern const int bpf_prog_active __ksym; /* int type global var. */
+
+SEC("raw_tp/sys_enter")
+int handler(const void *ctx)
+{
+       int *active;
+       __u32 cpu;
+
+       cpu = bpf_get_smp_processor_id();
+       active = (int *)bpf_per_cpu_ptr(&bpf_prog_active, cpu);
+       if (active) {
+               /* Kernel memory obtained from bpf_{per,this}_cpu_ptr
+                * is read-only, should _not_ pass verification.
+                */
+               /* WRITE_ONCE */
+               *(volatile int *)active = -1;
+       }
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";