Linux 3.16.66
[linux/fpc-iii.git] / kernel / extable.c
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1 /* Rewritten by Rusty Russell, on the backs of many others...
2 Copyright (C) 2001 Rusty Russell, 2002 Rusty Russell IBM.
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18 #include <linux/ftrace.h>
19 #include <linux/memory.h>
20 #include <linux/module.h>
21 #include <linux/mutex.h>
22 #include <linux/init.h>
24 #include <asm/sections.h>
25 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
28 * mutex protecting text section modification (dynamic code patching).
29 * some users need to sleep (allocating memory...) while they hold this lock.
31 * Note: Also protects SMP-alternatives modification on x86.
33 * NOT exported to modules - patching kernel text is a really delicate matter.
35 DEFINE_MUTEX(text_mutex);
37 extern struct exception_table_entry __start___ex_table[];
38 extern struct exception_table_entry __stop___ex_table[];
40 /* Cleared by build time tools if the table is already sorted. */
41 u32 __initdata __visible main_extable_sort_needed = 1;
43 /* Sort the kernel's built-in exception table */
44 void __init sort_main_extable(void)
46 if (main_extable_sort_needed && __stop___ex_table > __start___ex_table) {
47 pr_notice("Sorting __ex_table...\n");
48 sort_extable(__start___ex_table, __stop___ex_table);
52 /* Given an address, look for it in the exception tables. */
53 const struct exception_table_entry *search_exception_tables(unsigned long addr)
55 const struct exception_table_entry *e;
57 e = search_extable(__start___ex_table, __stop___ex_table-1, addr);
58 if (!e)
59 e = search_module_extables(addr);
60 return e;
63 static inline int init_kernel_text(unsigned long addr)
65 if (addr >= (unsigned long)_sinittext &&
66 addr < (unsigned long)_einittext)
67 return 1;
68 return 0;
71 int core_kernel_text(unsigned long addr)
73 if (addr >= (unsigned long)_stext &&
74 addr < (unsigned long)_etext)
75 return 1;
77 if (system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING &&
78 init_kernel_text(addr))
79 return 1;
80 return 0;
83 /**
84 * core_kernel_data - tell if addr points to kernel data
85 * @addr: address to test
87 * Returns true if @addr passed in is from the core kernel data
88 * section.
90 * Note: On some archs it may return true for core RODATA, and false
91 * for others. But will always be true for core RW data.
93 int core_kernel_data(unsigned long addr)
95 if (addr >= (unsigned long)_sdata &&
96 addr < (unsigned long)_edata)
97 return 1;
98 return 0;
101 int __kernel_text_address(unsigned long addr)
103 if (core_kernel_text(addr))
104 return 1;
105 if (is_module_text_address(addr))
106 return 1;
108 * There might be init symbols in saved stacktraces.
109 * Give those symbols a chance to be printed in
110 * backtraces (such as lockdep traces).
112 * Since we are after the module-symbols check, there's
113 * no danger of address overlap:
115 if (init_kernel_text(addr))
116 return 1;
117 return 0;
120 int kernel_text_address(unsigned long addr)
122 if (core_kernel_text(addr))
123 return 1;
124 return is_module_text_address(addr);
128 * On some architectures (PPC64, IA64) function pointers
129 * are actually only tokens to some data that then holds the
130 * real function address. As a result, to find if a function
131 * pointer is part of the kernel text, we need to do some
132 * special dereferencing first.
134 int func_ptr_is_kernel_text(void *ptr)
136 unsigned long addr;
137 addr = (unsigned long) dereference_function_descriptor(ptr);
138 if (core_kernel_text(addr))
139 return 1;
140 return is_module_text_address(addr);