Messages in this thread | | | From | Mikael Pettersson <> | Date | Fri, 17 Jan 2003 14:49:02 +0100 | Subject | Re: 2.5.59 vmlinux.lds.S change broke modules |
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Brian Gerst writes: > Mikael Pettersson wrote: > > Previously today I wrote: > > > 2.5.59 with CONFIG_PACKET=m oopes when af_packet.ko is insmodded: > > > > > > Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 2220c021 > > > printing eip: > > > c0124011 > > > *pde = 00000000 > > > Oops: 0000 > > > CPU: 0 > > > EIP: 0060:[<c0124011>] Not tainted > > > EFLAGS: 00010097 > > > EIP is at __find_symbol+0x3d/0x7c > > > eax: c020f70e ebx: 00000536 ecx: 00000000 edx: c028b600 > > > esi: 2220c021 edi: e8889558 ebp: e8889558 esp: e67c5ecc > > > ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 > > > Process insmod (pid: 482, threadinfo=e67c4000 task=e6c80ce0) > > > Stack: e8888f34 e8889a40 00000038 e8883f50 c0124960 e8889558 e67c5ef4 00000001 > > > e8888f34 e8889374 e67c5f28 c0124b2a e8883f50 00000016 e8889374 e8889558 > > > e8889a40 e8883f50 0000000c 00000017 e8889a40 00000000 0000007c c01253a4 > > > Call Trace: > > > [<c0124960>] resolve_symbol+0x20/0x4c > > > [<c0124b2a>] simplify_symbols+0x82/0xe4 > > > [<c01253a4>] load_module+0x5c4/0x7ec > > > [<c012562b>] sys_init_module+0x5f/0x194 > > > [<c0108887>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb > > > > This oops occurs for every module, not just af_packet.ko, at > > resolve_symbol()'s first call to __find_symbol(). > > > > What happens is that __find_symbol() oopses because the kernel's > > symbol table is in la-la land. (Note the bogus kernel adress > > 2220c021 it tried to dereference above.) > > > > Reverting 2.5.59's patch to arch/i386/vmlinux.lds.S cured the > > problem and modules now load correctly for me. > > > > I don't know if this is a problem also for non-i386 archs. > > > > /Mikael > > What version of ld are you using?
2.13.90.0.2, as included in RH8.0.
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