linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH resend 4/5] score: Fix exception handler label

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Date:	Mon, 25 May 2015 22:56:51 +0800
From:	Lennox Wu <lennox.wu@...il.com>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:	open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Chen Liqin <liqin.linux@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend 4/5] score: Fix exception handler label

I will issue a pull request in this week.

Best,
Lennox

2015-05-23 12:24 GMT+08:00 Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>:
> On 05/04/2015 03:30 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>>
>> The latest version of modinfo fails to compile score architecture
>> targets with the following error.
>>
>> FATAL: The relocation at __ex_table+0x634 references
>> section "__ex_table" which is not executable, IOW
>> the kernel will fault if it ever tries to
>> jump to it.  Something is seriously wrong
>> and should be fixed.
>>
>> The probem is caused by a bad label in an __ex_table entry.
>>
>> Cc: Quentin Casasnovas <quentin.casasnovas@...cle.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
>> ---
>> Please consider pushing this patch into mainline, or provide feedback
>> on how to improve it to be acceptable.
>>
> ping ... still not in mainline.
>
> Thanks,
> Guenter
>
>
>>   arch/score/lib/string.S | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/score/lib/string.S b/arch/score/lib/string.S
>> index 00b7d3a2fc60..16efa3ad037f 100644
>> --- a/arch/score/lib/string.S
>> +++ b/arch/score/lib/string.S
>> @@ -175,10 +175,10 @@ ENTRY(__clear_user)
>>         br      r3
>>
>>         .section .fixup, "ax"
>> +99:
>>         br      r3
>>         .previous
>>         .section __ex_table, "a"
>>         .align  2
>> -99:
>>         .word   0b, 99b
>>         .previous
>>
>
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