Hey Asim, On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Asim <linkasim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm working on a project related to no-downtime recovery of device drivers. > > I wish to allocate a special section in module code and store a copy > of the .data section that a module can potentially modify. I intend to > use this section to store a copy of initial .data values that a driver > may modify during the course of its operation. I want my section to be > towards the end and page-aligned. I was wondering what would be my > start and > end addresses for this section. > > I looked into layout_sections being called from sys_init_module in > module.c and I'm having trouble understanding it completely. I was > wondering how I would go about adding a section > here. Is there any space in the headers between 1 and hdr->e_shnum > (where hdr is ELF header)? Or will need to add beyond e_shnum. Kindly > help. > Looking into the sources of libbfd can give you some kind of understand for your query, I believe. > Regards, > Asim > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > > -- Regards, Sandeep. "To learn is to change. Education is a process that changes the learner." -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
