linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] module: Overwrite st_size instead of st

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Date:   Thu, 6 Dec 2018 10:45:49 +0100 (CET)
From:   Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>
To:     Vincent Whitchurch <vincent.whitchurch@...s.com>
cc:     linux@...linux.org.uk, jeyu@...nel.org, dave.martin@....com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Vincent Whitchurch <rabinv@...s.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] module: Overwrite st_size instead of st_info

On Tue, 4 Dec 2018, Vincent Whitchurch wrote:

> st_info is currently overwritten after relocation and used to store the
> elf_type().  However, we're going to need it fix kallsyms on ARM's
> Thumb-2 kernels, so preserve st_info and overwrite the st_size field
> instead.  st_size is neither used by the module core nor by any
> architecture.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Whitchurch <vincent.whitchurch@...s.com>

Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>

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