linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/9] kallsyms: Fix address-checks for kernel related range

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Date:   Wed, 7 Jul 2021 14:43:00 +0200
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/9] kallsyms: Fix address-checks for kernel related range

On Sat 2021-06-26 15:34:32, Kefeng Wang wrote:
> The is_kernel_inittext/is_kernel_text/is_kernel function should not
> include the end address(the labels _einittext, _etext and _end) when
> check the address range.

Great catch!

> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
> Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
> Fixes: 04b8eb7a4ccd ("symbol lookup: introduce dereference_symbol_descriptor()")

This commit just moved the code from kernel/kallsyms.c. It was broken
even before the git history ;-)

> Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>

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

Best Regards,
Petr