[PATCH 05/15] ftrace/recordmcount: Modify only executable sections

Steven Rostedt
2011-05-18T16:11:56Z

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From: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>

PROGBITS is not enough to determine if the section should be modified
or not. Only process sections that are marked as executable.

Cc: John Reiser <jreiser@bitwagon.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110421023737.991485123@goodmis.org
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
scripts/recordmcount.h | 1 +
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.h b/scripts/recordmcount.h
index ac7b330..7f8d5c4 100644
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.h
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.h
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ __has_rel_mcount(Elf_Shdr const *const relhdr, /* is SHT_REL or SHT_RELA */
succeed_file();
}
if (w(txthdr->sh_type) != SHT_PROGBITS ||
+ !(w(txthdr->sh_flags) & SHF_EXECINSTR) ||
!is_mcounted_section_name(txtname))
return NULL;
return txtname;
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