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authorNaveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2017-10-30 20:42:09 +0530
committerMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>2017-11-01 15:51:03 +1100
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parentRevert "powerpc64/elfv1: Only dereference function descriptor for non-text symbols" (diff)
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powerpc/kprobes: Dereference function pointers only if the address does not belong to kernel text
This makes the changes introduced in commit 83e840c770f2c5 ("powerpc64/elfv1: Only dereference function descriptor for non-text symbols") to be specific to the kprobe subsystem. We previously changed ppc_function_entry() to always check the provided address to confirm if it needed to be dereferenced. This is actually only an issue for kprobe blacklisted asm labels (through use of _ASM_NOKPROBE_SYMBOL) and can cause other issues with ftrace. Also, the additional checks are not really necessary for our other uses. As such, move this check to the kprobes subsystem. Fixes: 83e840c770f2 ("powerpc64/elfv1: Only dereference function descriptor for non-text symbols") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.13+ Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
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