Re: [PATCH] fix modpost segfault for 64bit mipsel kernel

[Thiemo Seufer <ths@networkno.de>]

Atsushi Nemoto wrote:
> 64bit mips has different r_info layout.  This patch fixes modpost
> segfault for 64bit little endian mips kernel.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> index cd00e9f..7846600 100644
> --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> @@ -712,7 +712,13 @@ static void check_sec_ref(struct module 
>  			r.r_offset = TO_NATIVE(rela->r_offset);
>  			r.r_info   = TO_NATIVE(rela->r_info);
>  			r.r_addend = TO_NATIVE(rela->r_addend);
> +#if KERNEL_ELFCLASS == ELFCLASS64 && KERNEL_ELFDATA == ELFDATA2LSB
> +			sym = elf->symtab_start +
> +				(hdr->e_machine == EM_MIPS ?
> +				 (Elf32_Word)r.r_info : ELF_R_SYM(r.r_info));
> +#else
>  			sym = elf->symtab_start + ELF_R_SYM(r.r_info);
> +#endif

This doesn't look right. ELF64_R_SYM/ELF64_R_TYPE should be fixed for
mips64 instead.


Thiemo