On (21/09/30 14:21), akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Patch series "sections: Unify kernel sections range check and use", v4. > > There are three head files(kallsyms.h, kernel.h and sections.h) which > include the kernel sections range check, let's make some cleanup and unify > them. > > 1. cleanup arch specific text/data check and fix address boundary check > in kallsyms.h > > 2. make all the basic/core kernel range check function into sections.h > > 3. update all the callers, and use the helper in sections.h to simplify > the code > > After this series, we have 5 APIs about kernel sections range check in > sections.h > > * is_kernel_rodata() --- already in sections.h > * is_kernel_core_data() --- come from core_kernel_data() in kernel.h > * is_kernel_inittext() --- come from kernel.h and kallsyms.h > * __is_kernel_text() --- add new internal helper > * __is_kernel() --- add new internal helper > > Note: For the last two helpers, people should not use directly, consider to > use corresponding function in kallsyms.h. FWIW, Andrew, feel free to add (to the series) Reviewed-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
