linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.14 021/217] powerpc/module64: Fix comment in R_PPC64

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Date:   Mon, 20 Sep 2021 18:40:42 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Subject: [PATCH 4.14 021/217] powerpc/module64: Fix comment in R_PPC64_ENTRY handling

From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>

commit 2fb0a2c989837c976b68233496bbaefb47cd3d6f upstream.

The comment here is wrong, the addi reads from r2 not r12. The code is
correct, 0x38420000 = addi r2,r2,0.

Fixes: a61674bdfc7c ("powerpc/module: Handle R_PPC64_ENTRY relocations")
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ int apply_relocate_add(Elf64_Shdr *sechd
 			/*
 			 * If found, replace it with:
 			 *	addis r2, r12, (.TOC.-func)@ha
-			 *	addi r2, r12, (.TOC.-func)@l
+			 *	addi  r2,  r2, (.TOC.-func)@l
 			 */
 			((uint32_t *)location)[0] = 0x3c4c0000 + PPC_HA(value);
 			((uint32_t *)location)[1] = 0x38420000 + PPC_LO(value);