[PATCH 3/5] powerpc64: Add .opd based function descriptor dereference

Sergey Senozhatsky sergey.senozhatsky at gmail.com
Sat Sep 16 21:25:35 AEST 2017


On (09/16/17 15:13), Naveen N. Rao wrote:
[..]
> Would it be simpler to just use kernel_text_address() and dereference 
> everything else? See commit 83e840c770f2c5 ("powerpc64/elfv1: Only 
> dereference function descriptor for non-text symbols") for a related 
> patch.

I had this idea, see

lkml.kernel.org/r/20170908172528.qc2vdtxzqh777k6o at intel.com


	-ss


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