linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] not adding modules range to kcore if it's equal to vmcore range

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Date:	Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:16:00 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, qiuxishi@...wei.com,
	paul.gortmaker@...driver.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] not adding modules range to kcore if it's equal to
 vmcore range

On Sun, 13 Jul 2014 09:05:46 +0800 Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com> wrote:

> On some ARCHs modules range is eauql to vmalloc range. E.g on i686
> "#define MODULES_VADDR   VMALLOC_START"
> "#define MODULES_END     VMALLOC_END"
> This will cause 2 duplicate program segments in /proc/kcore, makes
> user confused. In this patch a judgment added to check if modules
> range is equal to vmalloc range. If yes, just skip adding the modules
> range.
> 
> ...
>
> --- a/fs/proc/kcore.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/kcore.c
> @@ -610,8 +610,10 @@ static void __init proc_kcore_text_init(void)
>  struct kcore_list kcore_modules;
>  static void __init add_modules_range(void)
>  {
> -	kclist_add(&kcore_modules, (void *)MODULES_VADDR,
> -			MODULES_END - MODULES_VADDR, KCORE_VMALLOC);
> +	if (MODULES_VADDR != VMALLOC_START) {
> +		kclist_add(&kcore_modules, (void *)MODULES_VADDR,
> +				MODULES_END - MODULES_VADDR, KCORE_VMALLOC);
> +	}
>  }
>  #else
>  static void __init add_modules_range(void)

But if some application or script is using the modules range, won't
this patch cause breakage on some architectures?

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