The patch titled
Subject: kernel/exit.c: export abort() to modules
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
kernel-exitc-export-abort-to-modules.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/kernel-exitc-export-abort-to-modules.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/kernel-exitc-export-abort-to-modules.patch
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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: kernel/exit.c: export abort() to modules
gcc -fisolate-erroneous-paths-dereference can generate calls to abort()
from modular code too.
Reported-by: Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Alexey Brodkin" <Alexey.Brodkin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/exit.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff -puN kernel/exit.c~kernel-exitc-export-abort-to-modules kernel/exit.c
--- a/kernel/exit.c~kernel-exitc-export-abort-to-modules
+++ a/kernel/exit.c
@@ -1763,3 +1763,4 @@ __weak void abort(void)
/* if that doesn't kill us, halt */
panic("Oops failed to kill thread");
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(abort);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
i-need-old-gcc.patch
kernel-exitc-export-abort-to-modules.patch
arm-arch-arm-include-asm-pageh-needs-personalityh.patch
ocfs2-fall-back-to-buffer-io-when-append-dio-is-disabled-with-file-hole-existing-fix.patch
mm.patch
mm-terminate-shrink_slab-loop-if-signal-is-pending-fix.patch
include-linux-sched-mmh-uninline-mmdrop_async-etc.patch
mm-split-deferred_init_range-into-initializing-and-freeing-parts-fix.patch
mm-do-not-stall-register_shrinker-fix.patch
selftest-vm-move-128tb-mmap-boundary-test-to-generic-directory-fix.patch
list_lru-prefetch-neighboring-list-entries-before-acquiring-lock-fix.patch
mm-oom-cgroup-aware-oom-killer-fix.patch
sparc64-update-pmdp_invalidate-to-return-old-pmd-value-fix.patch
x86-mm-provide-pmdp_establish-helper-fix.patch
fs-elf-drop-map_fixed-usage-from-elf_map-checkpatch-fixes.patch
mm-thp-use-down_read_trylock-in-khugepaged-to-avoid-long-block-fix.patch
mm-thp-use-down_read_trylock-in-khugepaged-to-avoid-long-block-fix-checkpatch-fixes.patch
mm-mmu_notifier-annotate-mmu-notifiers-with-blockable-invalidate-callbacks-fix.patch
lib-ubsanc-s-missaligned-misaligned.patch
linux-next-rejects.patch
tools-objtool-makefile-dont-assume-sync-checksh-is-executable.patch
kernel-forkc-export-kernel_thread-to-modules.patch
slab-leaks3-default-y.patch
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