The patch titled
remove support for un-needed _extratext section
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
remove-support-for-un-needed-_extratext-section.patch
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Subject: remove support for un-needed _extratext section
From: Robin Getz <rgetz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
When passing a zero address to kallsyms_lookup(), the kernel thought it was
a valid kernel address, even if it is not. This is because is_ksym_addr()
called is_kernel_extratext() and checked against labels that don't exist on
many archs (which default as zero). Since PPC was the only kernel which
defines _extra_text, (in 2005), and no longer needs it, this patch removes
_extra_text support.
For some history (provided by Jon):
http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2005-September/019734.html
http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2005-September/019736.html
http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2005-September/019751.html
Signed-off-by: Robin Getz <rgetz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jon Loeliger <jdl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/ppc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 5 -----
include/asm-generic/sections.h | 2 --
kernel/kallsyms.c | 11 +----------
scripts/kallsyms.c | 24 ++++++++++--------------
4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
diff -puN arch/ppc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S~remove-support-for-un-needed-_extratext-section arch/ppc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
--- a/arch/ppc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S~remove-support-for-un-needed-_extratext-section
+++ a/arch/ppc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -143,11 +143,6 @@ SECTIONS
. = ALIGN(4096);
__init_end = .;
-
- . = ALIGN(4096);
- _sextratext = .;
- _eextratext = .;
-
__bss_start = .;
.bss :
{
diff -puN include/asm-generic/sections.h~remove-support-for-un-needed-_extratext-section include/asm-generic/sections.h
--- a/include/asm-generic/sections.h~remove-support-for-un-needed-_extratext-section
+++ a/include/asm-generic/sections.h
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ extern char _data[], _sdata[], _edata[];
extern char __bss_start[], __bss_stop[];
extern char __init_begin[], __init_end[];
extern char _sinittext[], _einittext[];
-extern char _sextratext[] __attribute__((weak));
-extern char _eextratext[] __attribute__((weak));
extern char _end[];
extern char __per_cpu_start[], __per_cpu_end[];
extern char __kprobes_text_start[], __kprobes_text_end[];
diff -puN kernel/kallsyms.c~remove-support-for-un-needed-_extratext-section kernel/kallsyms.c
--- a/kernel/kallsyms.c~remove-support-for-un-needed-_extratext-section
+++ a/kernel/kallsyms.c
@@ -48,14 +48,6 @@ static inline int is_kernel_inittext(uns
return 0;
}
-static inline int is_kernel_extratext(unsigned long addr)
-{
- if (addr >= (unsigned long)_sextratext
- && addr <= (unsigned long)_eextratext)
- return 1;
- return 0;
-}
-
static inline int is_kernel_text(unsigned long addr)
{
if (addr >= (unsigned long)_stext && addr <= (unsigned long)_etext)
@@ -75,8 +67,7 @@ static int is_ksym_addr(unsigned long ad
if (all_var)
return is_kernel(addr);
- return is_kernel_text(addr) || is_kernel_inittext(addr) ||
- is_kernel_extratext(addr);
+ return is_kernel_text(addr) || is_kernel_inittext(addr);
}
/* expand a compressed symbol data into the resulting uncompressed string,
diff -puN scripts/kallsyms.c~remove-support-for-un-needed-_extratext-section scripts/kallsyms.c
--- a/scripts/kallsyms.c~remove-support-for-un-needed-_extratext-section
+++ a/scripts/kallsyms.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ struct sym_entry {
static struct sym_entry *table;
static unsigned int table_size, table_cnt;
-static unsigned long long _text, _stext, _etext, _sinittext, _einittext, _sextratext, _eextratext;
+static unsigned long long _text, _stext, _etext, _sinittext, _einittext;
static int all_symbols = 0;
static char symbol_prefix_char = '\0';
@@ -99,10 +99,6 @@ static int read_symbol(FILE *in, struct
_sinittext = s->addr;
else if (strcmp(sym, "_einittext") == 0)
_einittext = s->addr;
- else if (strcmp(sym, "_sextratext") == 0)
- _sextratext = s->addr;
- else if (strcmp(sym, "_eextratext") == 0)
- _eextratext = s->addr;
else if (toupper(stype) == 'A')
{
/* Keep these useful absolute symbols */
@@ -165,18 +161,18 @@ static int symbol_valid(struct sym_entry
* and inittext sections are discarded */
if (!all_symbols) {
if ((s->addr < _stext || s->addr > _etext)
- && (s->addr < _sinittext || s->addr > _einittext)
- && (s->addr < _sextratext || s->addr > _eextratext))
+ && (s->addr < _sinittext || s->addr > _einittext))
return 0;
/* Corner case. Discard any symbols with the same value as
- * _etext _einittext or _eextratext; they can move between pass
- * 1 and 2 when the kallsyms data are added. If these symbols
- * move then they may get dropped in pass 2, which breaks the
- * kallsyms rules.
+ * _etext _einittext; they can move between pass 1 and 2 when
+ * the kallsyms data are added. If these symbols move then
+ * they may get dropped in pass 2, which breaks the kallsyms
+ * rules.
*/
- if ((s->addr == _etext && strcmp((char*)s->sym + offset, "_etext")) ||
- (s->addr == _einittext && strcmp((char*)s->sym + offset, "_einittext")) ||
- (s->addr == _eextratext && strcmp((char*)s->sym + offset, "_eextratext")))
+ if ((s->addr == _etext &&
+ strcmp((char*)s->sym + offset, "_etext")) ||
+ (s->addr == _einittext &&
+ strcmp((char*)s->sym + offset, "_einittext")))
return 0;
}
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from rgetz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
kernel-printkc-concerns-about-the-console-handover.patch
remove-support-for-un-needed-_extratext-section.patch
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