- modules-make-module_address_lookup-safe-fix.patch removed from -mm tree

[akpm@linux-foundation.org]

The patch titled
     fix "modules: make module_address_lookup() safe"
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     modules-make-module_address_lookup-safe-fix.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree

The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/

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Subject: fix "modules: make module_address_lookup() safe"
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

Get the constness right, avoid nasty cast.

Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 include/linux/module.h |    4 ++--
 kernel/module.c        |    4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff -puN include/linux/module.h~modules-make-module_address_lookup-safe-fix include/linux/module.h
--- a/include/linux/module.h~modules-make-module_address_lookup-safe-fix
+++ a/include/linux/module.h
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ static inline void __module_get(struct m
 /* For kallsyms to ask for address resolution.  namebuf should be at
  * least KSYM_NAME_LEN long: a pointer to namebuf is returned if
  * found, otherwise NULL. */
-char *module_address_lookup(unsigned long addr,
+const char *module_address_lookup(unsigned long addr,
 			    unsigned long *symbolsize,
 			    unsigned long *offset,
 			    char **modname,
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ static inline void module_put(struct mod
 #define module_name(mod) "kernel"
 
 /* For kallsyms to ask for address resolution.  NULL means not found. */
-static inline char *module_address_lookup(unsigned long addr,
+static inline const char *module_address_lookup(unsigned long addr,
 					  unsigned long *symbolsize,
 					  unsigned long *offset,
 					  char **modname,
diff -puN kernel/module.c~modules-make-module_address_lookup-safe-fix kernel/module.c
--- a/kernel/module.c~modules-make-module_address_lookup-safe-fix
+++ a/kernel/module.c
@@ -2253,7 +2253,7 @@ static const char *get_ksymbol(struct mo
 
 /* For kallsyms to ask for address resolution.  NULL means not found.  Careful
  * not to lock to avoid deadlock on oopses, simply disable preemption. */
-char *module_address_lookup(unsigned long addr,
+const char *module_address_lookup(unsigned long addr,
 			    unsigned long *size,
 			    unsigned long *offset,
 			    char **modname,
@@ -2278,7 +2278,7 @@ char *module_address_lookup(unsigned lon
 		ret = namebuf;
 	}
 	preempt_enable();
-	return (char *)ret;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int lookup_module_symbol_name(unsigned long addr, char *symname)
_

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