[PATCH] powerpc: fix sys_call_table declaration

Romeo Cane romeo.cane.ext at coriant.com
Fri Oct 3 00:41:39 EST 2014


Declaring sys_call_table as a pointer causes the compiler to generate the wrong lookup code in arch_syscall_addr

Signed-off-by: Romeo Cane <romeo.cane.ext at coriant.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h
index b54b2ad..528ba9d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 /* ftrace syscalls requires exporting the sys_call_table */
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS
-extern const unsigned long *sys_call_table;
+extern const unsigned long sys_call_table[];
 #endif /* CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS */
 
 static inline long syscall_get_nr(struct task_struct *task,
-- 
1.8.3.2



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