From: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
To: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>
Cc: kjo <kernel-janitors@osdl.org>, lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [Kernel-janitors] Re: reference_init.pl for Linux 2.6
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 12:00:48 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2263.1077192048@ocs3.ocs.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 18 Feb 2004 18:23:13 -0800." <20040218182313.7b7b915e.rddunlap@osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040219025138.GA1838@redhat.com>
On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 18:23:13 -0800,
"Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org> wrote:
>I have updated Keith Owens "reference_init.pl" script for
>Linux 2.6. It searches for code that refers to other code
>sections that they should not reference, such as init code
>calling exit code or v.v.
>script for Linux 2.6 is at:
>http://developer.osdl.org/rddunlap/scripts/reference_init26.pl
You added '$from !~ /\.data/'. Any references from the .data section
to .init or .exit text should be checked. It is usually a struct
containing a pointer to code that will be discarded, and is dangerous.
There is also a spurious comment line,
# $from !~ $line && $line !~ $from &&
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From: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
To: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>
Cc: kjo <kernel-janitors@osdl.org>, lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: reference_init.pl for Linux 2.6
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 23:00:48 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2263.1077192048@ocs3.ocs.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 18 Feb 2004 18:23:13 -0800." <20040218182313.7b7b915e.rddunlap@osdl.org>
On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 18:23:13 -0800,
"Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org> wrote:
>I have updated Keith Owens "reference_init.pl" script for
>Linux 2.6. It searches for code that refers to other code
>sections that they should not reference, such as init code
>calling exit code or v.v.
>script for Linux 2.6 is at:
>http://developer.osdl.org/rddunlap/scripts/reference_init26.pl
You added '$from !~ /\.data/'. Any references from the .data section
to .init or .exit text should be checked. It is usually a struct
containing a pointer to code that will be discarded, and is dangerous.
There is also a spurious comment line,
# $from !~ $line && $line !~ $from &&
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-02-19 12:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-02-19 2:23 [Kernel-janitors] reference_init.pl for Linux 2.6 Randy.Dunlap
2004-02-19 2:23 ` Randy.Dunlap
2004-02-19 2:51 ` [Kernel-janitors] " Dave Jones
2004-02-19 2:51 ` Dave Jones
2004-02-19 12:00 ` Keith Owens [this message]
2004-02-19 12:00 ` Keith Owens
2004-02-19 17:35 ` [Kernel-janitors] " Randy.Dunlap
2004-02-19 17:35 ` Randy.Dunlap
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