linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/11] i386: Kallsyms generate relocatable symbols

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Date:	Mon, 6 Nov 2006 17:13:46 +0100
From:	Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@...el.com>
To:	vgoyal@...ibm.com
Cc:	linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Reloc Kernel List <fastboot@...ts.osdl.org>,
	ebiederm@...ssion.com, akpm@...l.org, ak@...e.de, hpa@...or.com,
	magnus.damm@...il.com, lwang@...hat.com, dzickus@...hat.com,
	maneesh@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/11] i386: Kallsyms generate relocatable symbols

On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 11:03:53 -0500
Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...ibm.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 03:48:57PM +0100, Haavard Skinnemoen wrote:

> > kallsyms_addresses:
> >         PTR     _text + 0xffffffffffff4000
> >         PTR     _text + 0xffffffffffff4000
> > 
> > Any idea how to fix this? Could we introduce a new symbol that
> > always marks the start of the image perhaps?
> >
> 
> Hi Haavard,
> 
> Does the attached patch solve the issue for you?

Yes it does, thanks. I tested it by forcing a crash in a __init
function, and the resulting Oops looks correct.

Haavard
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