linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] module: don't modify argument of module_kallsyms_lookup

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Date:	Thu, 20 Jun 2013 19:40:16 +0200
From:	Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] module: don't modify argument of module_kallsyms_lookup_name()

On 16 June 2013 04:35, Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> wrote:
> Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com> writes:
>> If we pass a pointer to a const string in the form "module:symbol"
>> module_kallsyms_lookup_name() will try to split the string at the colon,
>> i.e., will try to modify r/o data. That will, in fact, fail on a kernel
>> with enabled CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA.
>>
>> Avoid modifying the passed string in module_kallsyms_lookup_name(),
>> modify find_module_all() instead to pass it the module name length.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>
>
> Applied, thanks.

Mind to push it to
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux.git#modules-next
as well, so it'll be included in linux-next?

Thanks,
Mathias
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