Messages in this thread Patch in this message | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Fri, 14 Dec 2018 21:59:25 +0100 | From | Jessica Yu <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v6 modules-next 1/2] module: Overwrite st_size instead of st_info |
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+++ Vincent Whitchurch [14/12/18 17:05 +0100]: >st_info is currently overwritten after relocation and used to store the >elf_type(). However, we're going to need it fix kallsyms on ARM's >Thumb-2 kernels, so preserve st_info and overwrite the st_size field >instead. st_size is neither used by the module core nor by any >architecture. > >Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz> >Reviewed-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com> >Signed-off-by: Vincent Whitchurch <vincent.whitchurch@axis.com>
Applied both. (Thanks for rebasing!)
Thanks,
Jessica
>--- >v6: Add Miroslav Benes' Reviewed-by >v5: Add Dave Martin's Reviewed-by >v4: Split out to separate patch. Use st_size instead of st_other. >v1-v3: See PATCH 2/2 > > kernel/module.c | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > >diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c >index 1b5edf78694c..b36ff8a3d562 100644 >--- a/kernel/module.c >+++ b/kernel/module.c >@@ -2684,7 +2684,7 @@ static void add_kallsyms(struct module *mod, const struct load_info *info) > > /* Set types up while we still have access to sections. */ > for (i = 0; i < mod->kallsyms->num_symtab; i++) >- mod->kallsyms->symtab[i].st_info >+ mod->kallsyms->symtab[i].st_size > = elf_type(&mod->kallsyms->symtab[i], info); > > /* Now populate the cut down core kallsyms for after init. */ >@@ -4070,7 +4070,7 @@ int module_get_kallsym(unsigned int symnum, unsigned long *value, char *type, > kallsyms = rcu_dereference_sched(mod->kallsyms); > if (symnum < kallsyms->num_symtab) { > *value = kallsyms->symtab[symnum].st_value; >- *type = kallsyms->symtab[symnum].st_info; >+ *type = kallsyms->symtab[symnum].st_size; > strlcpy(name, kallsyms_symbol_name(kallsyms, symnum), KSYM_NAME_LEN); > strlcpy(module_name, mod->name, MODULE_NAME_LEN); > *exported = is_exported(name, *value, mod); >-- >2.11.0 >
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