From: Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, ebiederm@xmission.com,
paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [2/9] Add a kernel_address() that works for data too
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 08:44:52 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100105084452.GA16826@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100105021527.1AB19B17C2@basil.firstfloor.org>
On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 03:15:27AM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
>
> Add a variant of kernel_text_address() that includes kernel data.
>
> Assumes kernel is _text ... _end - init section. True everywhere?
No. XIP kernels have the text and data/bss separated into two distinct
address regions.
--
Russell King
Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
maintainer of:
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-01-05 8:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20100105315.789846878@firstfloor.org>
2010-01-05 2:15 ` [PATCH] [2/9] Add a kernel_address() that works for data too Andi Kleen
2010-01-05 8:44 ` Russell King [this message]
2010-01-05 8:58 ` Sam Ravnborg
2010-01-05 19:04 ` Russell King
2010-01-05 19:15 ` Andi Kleen
2010-01-05 19:15 ` Andi Kleen
2010-01-08 23:51 ` Andrew Morton
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