From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: torvalds@transmeta.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] kallsyms in modules fix
Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2002 12:26:44 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021202013103.2D84C2C181@lists.samba.org> (raw)
Linus, please apply.
Rusty.
--
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Name: Kallsyms inside module fix
Author: Rusty Russell
Status: Tested on 2.5.50
D: Two fixes. Firstly, set ALLOC on the right section so we actually
D: keep the symbol names and don't deref a freed section, and secondly
D: get the symbol size (more) correct.
diff -urNp --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/current-dontdiff --minimal linux-2.5.50/kernel/module.c working-2.5.50-ksymoops/kernel/module.c
--- linux-2.5.50/kernel/module.c Mon Nov 25 08:44:19 2002
+++ working-2.5.50-ksymoops/kernel/module.c Thu Nov 28 16:22:56 2002
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ static struct module *load_module(void *
}
#ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS
/* symbol and string tables for decoding later. */
- if (sechdrs[i].sh_type == SHT_SYMTAB || i == hdr->e_shstrndx)
+ if (sechdrs[i].sh_type == SHT_SYMTAB || i == strindex)
sechdrs[i].sh_flags |= SHF_ALLOC;
#endif
#ifndef CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD
@@ -1165,7 +1165,14 @@ static const char *get_ksymbol(struct mo
unsigned long *size,
unsigned long *offset)
{
- unsigned int i, next = 0, best = 0;
+ unsigned int i, best = 0;
+ unsigned long nextval;
+
+ /* At worse, next value is at end of module */
+ if (inside_core(mod, addr))
+ nextval = (unsigned long)mod->module_core+mod->core_size;
+ else
+ nextval = (unsigned long)mod->module_init+mod->init_size;
/* Scan for closest preceeding symbol, and next symbol. (ELF
starts real symbols at 1). */
@@ -1177,22 +1186,14 @@ static const char *get_ksymbol(struct mo
&& mod->symtab[i].st_value > mod->symtab[best].st_value)
best = i;
if (mod->symtab[i].st_value > addr
- && mod->symtab[i].st_value < mod->symtab[next].st_value)
- next = i;
+ && mod->symtab[i].st_value < nextval)
+ nextval = mod->symtab[i].st_value;
}
if (!best)
return NULL;
- if (!next) {
- /* Last symbol? It ends at the end of the module then. */
- if (inside_core(mod, addr))
- *size = mod->module_core+mod->core_size - (void*)addr;
- else
- *size = mod->module_init+mod->init_size - (void*)addr;
- } else
- *size = mod->symtab[next].st_value - addr;
-
+ *size = nextval - mod->symtab[best].st_value;
*offset = addr - mod->symtab[best].st_value;
return mod->strtab + mod->symtab[best].st_name;
}
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2002-11-28 6:57 [PATCH] Kallsyms in modules fix Rusty Russell
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