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SubjectRe: [PATCHv3 3/7] ia64: Add .opd based function descriptor dereference
On Sat 2017-09-30 11:53:15, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> We are moving towards separate kernel and module function descriptor
> dereference callbacks. This patch enables it for IA64.
>
> For pointers that belong to the kernel
> - Added __start_opd and __end_opd pointers, to track the kernel
> .opd section address range;
>
> - Added dereference_kernel_function_descriptor(). Now we
> will dereference only function pointers that are within
> [__start_opd, __end_opd];
>
> For pointers that belong to a module
> - Added dereference_module_function_descriptor() to handle module
> function descriptor dereference. Now we will dereference only
> pointers that are within [module->opd.start, module->opd.end].
>
> Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
> Tested-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> # parisc64
> Tested-by: Santosh Sivaraj <santosh@fossix.org> # powerpc64
> Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> # powerpc64
> Tested-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> # ia64

Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>

Best Regards,
Petr

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