[PATCH] Better check in show_instructions
Anton Blanchard
anton at samba.org
Fri Oct 13 12:17:16 EST 2006
Instead of just checking that an address is in the right range, use the
provided __kernel_text_address() helper which covers both the kernel and
module text sections.
Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton at samba.org>
---
Index: build/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
===================================================================
--- build.orig/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c 2006-07-01 20:27:57.000000000 +1000
+++ build/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c 2006-09-22 20:01:22.000000000 +1000
@@ -341,13 +341,6 @@ struct task_struct *__switch_to(struct t
static int instructions_to_print = 16;
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
-#define BAD_PC(pc) ((REGION_ID(pc) != KERNEL_REGION_ID) && \
- (REGION_ID(pc) != VMALLOC_REGION_ID))
-#else
-#define BAD_PC(pc) ((pc) < KERNELBASE)
-#endif
-
static void show_instructions(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
int i;
@@ -366,7 +359,8 @@ static void show_instructions(struct pt_
* bad address because the pc *should* only be a
* kernel address.
*/
- if (BAD_PC(pc) || __get_user(instr, (unsigned int __user *)pc)) {
+ if (!__kernel_text_address(pc) ||
+ __get_user(instr, (unsigned int __user *)pc)) {
printk("XXXXXXXX ");
} else {
if (regs->nip == pc)
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