Merge commit 'v2.6.31-rc9' into tracing/core

Merge reason: move from -rc5 to -rc9.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index b1821438694..46580edff0c 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -914,16 +914,18 @@ void __symbol_put(const char *symbol)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__symbol_put);
 
+/* Note this assumes addr is a function, which it currently always is. */
 void symbol_put_addr(void *addr)
 {
 	struct module *modaddr;
+	unsigned long a = (unsigned long)dereference_function_descriptor(addr);
 
-	if (core_kernel_text((unsigned long)addr))
+	if (core_kernel_text(a))
 		return;
 
 	/* module_text_address is safe here: we're supposed to have reference
 	 * to module from symbol_get, so it can't go away. */
-	modaddr = __module_text_address((unsigned long)addr);
+	modaddr = __module_text_address(a);
 	BUG_ON(!modaddr);
 	module_put(modaddr);
 }
@@ -1279,6 +1281,10 @@ static void add_notes_attrs(struct module *mod, unsigned int nsect,
 	struct module_notes_attrs *notes_attrs;
 	struct bin_attribute *nattr;
 
+	/* failed to create section attributes, so can't create notes */
+	if (!mod->sect_attrs)
+		return;
+
 	/* Count notes sections and allocate structures.  */
 	notes = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < nsect; i++)