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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-05-20 13:37:22 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-05-20 13:37:22 -0700 |
| commit | bc091c93a0f60717aa99e25c406892cd8c0187dc (patch) | |
| tree | 66fc7f6c97a11327c3acb0aee5c346717672a9f3 | |
| parent | 3ed4c0583daa34dedb568b26ff99e5a7b58db612 (diff) | |
| parent | a2d063ac216c1618bfc2b4d40b7176adffa63511 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
extable, core_kernel_data(): Make sure all archs define _sdata
core_kernel_data(): Fix architectures that do not define _sdata
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/extable.c | 10 |
7 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index 433be2a24f31..3d890a98a08b 100644 --- a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ SECTIONS __init_end = .; /* Freed after init ends here */ + _sdata = .; /* Start of rw data section */ _data = .; RW_DATA_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE) diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index c194d64cdbb9..cf95aec77460 100644 --- a/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ SECTIONS EXCEPTION_TABLE(16) NOTES + _sdata = .; /* Start of data section */ RODATA RW_DATA_SECTION(32, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE) _edata = .; /* End of data section */ diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds index 878be5f38cad..d0993594f558 100644 --- a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds +++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds @@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ SECTIONS EXCEPTION_TABLE(16) + _sdata = .; /* Start of data section */ + RODATA RW_DATA_SECTION(16, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE) diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds index 1ad6b7ad2c17..8080469ee6c1 100644 --- a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds +++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ SECTIONS _etext = .; /* End of text section */ EXCEPTION_TABLE(16) :data + _sdata = .; /* Start of rw data section */ RW_DATA_SECTION(16, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE) :data /* End of data goes *here* so that freeing init code works properly. */ _edata = .; diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index cd2ca544454b..01af3876cf90 100644 --- a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ SECTIONS NOTES :text :note .dummy : { *(.dummy) } :text + _sdata = .; /* Start of data section */ RODATA /* writeable */ diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index 8f1e4efd143e..2d9a5c7c76f5 100644 --- a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ SECTIONS /* End of text section */ _etext = .; + /* Start of data section */ + _sdata = .; + RODATA /* writeable */ diff --git a/kernel/extable.c b/kernel/extable.c index c2d625fcda77..5339705b8241 100644 --- a/kernel/extable.c +++ b/kernel/extable.c @@ -72,6 +72,16 @@ int core_kernel_text(unsigned long addr) return 0; } +/** + * core_kernel_data - tell if addr points to kernel data + * @addr: address to test + * + * Returns true if @addr passed in is from the core kernel data + * section. + * + * Note: On some archs it may return true for core RODATA, and false + * for others. But will always be true for core RW data. + */ int core_kernel_data(unsigned long addr) { if (addr >= (unsigned long)_sdata && |