linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv3 3/7] ia64: Add .opd based function descriptor dereference

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Date:   Wed, 4 Oct 2017 11:05:26 +0200
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
Cc:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        James Bottomley <jejb@...isc-linux.org>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org, linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 3/7] ia64: Add .opd based function descriptor
 dereference

On Sat 2017-09-30 11:53:15, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> We are moving towards separate kernel and module function descriptor
> dereference callbacks. This patch enables it for IA64.
> 
> For pointers that belong to the kernel
> -  Added __start_opd and __end_opd pointers, to track the kernel
>    .opd section address range;
> 
> -  Added dereference_kernel_function_descriptor(). Now we
>    will dereference only function pointers that are within
>    [__start_opd, __end_opd];
> 
> For pointers that belong to a module
> -  Added dereference_module_function_descriptor() to handle module
>    function descriptor dereference. Now we will dereference only
>    pointers that are within [module->opd.start, module->opd.end].
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
> Tested-by: Helge Deller <deller@....de> # parisc64
> Tested-by: Santosh Sivaraj <santosh@...six.org> # powerpc64
> Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au> # powerpc64
> Tested-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com> # ia64

Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>

Best Regards,
Petr