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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-12-30 16:10:19 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-12-30 16:10:19 -0800
commit5f34fe1cfc1bdd8b4711bbe37421fba4ed0d1ed4 (patch)
tree85b21c8bb0e53005bd970d648ca093acfd0584a3 /kernel/extable.c
parenteca1bf5b4fab56d2feb1572d34d59fcd92ea7df3 (diff)
parent6638101c1124c19c8a65b1645e4ecd09e0572f3e (diff)
Merge branch 'core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (63 commits) stacktrace: provide save_stack_trace_tsk() weak alias rcu: provide RCU options on non-preempt architectures too printk: fix discarding message when recursion_bug futex: clean up futex_(un)lock_pi fault handling "Tree RCU": scalable classic RCU implementation futex: rename field in futex_q to clarify single waiter semantics x86/swiotlb: add default swiotlb_arch_range_needs_mapping x86/swiotlb: add default phys<->bus conversion x86: unify pci iommu setup and allow swiotlb to compile for 32 bit x86: add swiotlb allocation functions swiotlb: consolidate swiotlb info message printing swiotlb: support bouncing of HighMem pages swiotlb: factor out copy to/from device swiotlb: add arch hook to force mapping swiotlb: allow architectures to override phys<->bus<->phys conversions swiotlb: add comment where we handle the overflow of a dma mask on 32 bit rcu: fix rcutorture behavior during reboot resources: skip sanity check of busy resources swiotlb: move some definitions to header swiotlb: allow architectures to override swiotlb pool allocation ... Fix up trivial conflicts in arch/x86/kernel/Makefile arch/x86/mm/init_32.c include/linux/hardirq.h as per Ingo's suggestions.
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diff --git a/kernel/extable.c b/kernel/extable.c
index feb0317cf09..e136ed8d82b 100644
--- a/kernel/extable.c
+++ b/kernel/extable.c
@@ -67,3 +67,19 @@ int kernel_text_address(unsigned long addr)
return 1;
return module_text_address(addr) != NULL;
}
+
+/*
+ * On some architectures (PPC64, IA64) function pointers
+ * are actually only tokens to some data that then holds the
+ * real function address. As a result, to find if a function
+ * pointer is part of the kernel text, we need to do some
+ * special dereferencing first.
+ */
+int func_ptr_is_kernel_text(void *ptr)
+{
+ unsigned long addr;
+ addr = (unsigned long) dereference_function_descriptor(ptr);
+ if (core_kernel_text(addr))
+ return 1;
+ return module_text_address(addr) != NULL;
+}