linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] use __pa_symbol to calculate the address of a C symbol.

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Date:	Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:24:34 +0300
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	Glauber Costa <glommer@...hat.com>
CC:	kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] use __pa_symbol to calculate the address of a C symbol.

On 08/31/2009 10:04 AM, Glauber Costa wrote:
> The use of __pa() to calculate the address of a C-visible symbol
> is wrong, and can lead to unpredictable results. See arch/x86/include/asm/page.h
> for details.
>
> It should be replaced with __pa_symbol(), that does the correct math here,
> by taking relocations into account.
>    

Applied, thanks.

I note that the changelog entry says nothing about what component is 
involved and what the effect of the bug is.  This reduces its usefulness 
for someone looking over the log and trying to see if a particular bug 
is fixed.

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error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

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