linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH resend] Update num_symtab, symtab and strtab right after setup of core_num_syms, core_symtab and core

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Date:	Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:01:17 +0800
From:	Hu Tao <hutao@...fujitsu.com>
To:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Americo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] Update num_symtab, symtab and strtab right after
 setup of core_num_syms, core_symtab and core_strtab.

Negative. Sorry for noise.

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 09:06:28AM +0800, Hu Tao wrote:
> symtab/strtab refer to memory that will be vfreed when load_module() is
> done. So update them early.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hu Tao <hutao@...fujitsu.com>
> ---
>  kernel/module.c |    9 ++++-----
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
> index d0b5f8d..d5dc98b 100644
> --- a/kernel/module.c
> +++ b/kernel/module.c
> @@ -2029,6 +2029,10 @@ static void add_kallsyms(struct module *mod, const struct load_info *info)
>  	for (*s = 0, i = 1; i < info->sechdrs[info->index.str].sh_size; ++i)
>  		if (test_bit(i, info->strmap))
>  			*++s = mod->strtab[i];
> +
> +	mod->num_symtab = mod->core_num_syms;
> +	mod->symtab = mod->core_symtab;
> +	mod->strtab = mod->core_strtab;
>  }
>  #else
>  static inline void layout_symtab(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
> @@ -2738,11 +2742,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(init_module, void __user *, umod,
>  	/* Drop initial reference. */
>  	module_put(mod);
>  	trim_init_extable(mod);
> -#ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS
> -	mod->num_symtab = mod->core_num_syms;
> -	mod->symtab = mod->core_symtab;
> -	mod->strtab = mod->core_strtab;
> -#endif
>  	module_free(mod, mod->module_init);
>  	mod->module_init = NULL;
>  	mod->init_size = 0;
> -- 
> 1.7.3
> 
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