Merge branch 'amd-iommu/2.6.32' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/joro/linux-2.6-iommu into core/iommu

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index fd1411403558..2d537186191f 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -909,16 +909,18 @@ void __symbol_put(const char *symbol)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__symbol_put);
 
+/* Note this assumes addr is a function, which it currently always is. */
 void symbol_put_addr(void *addr)
 {
         struct module *modaddr;
+        unsigned long a = (unsigned long)dereference_function_descriptor(addr);
 
-        if (core_kernel_text((unsigned long)addr))
+        if (core_kernel_text(a))
                 return;
 
         /* module_text_address is safe here: we're supposed to have reference
          * to module from symbol_get, so it can't go away. */
-        modaddr = __module_text_address((unsigned long)addr);
+        modaddr = __module_text_address(a);
         BUG_ON(!modaddr);
         module_put(modaddr);
 }
@@ -1272,6 +1274,10 @@ static void add_notes_attrs(struct module *mod, unsigned int nsect,
         struct module_notes_attrs *notes_attrs;
         struct bin_attribute *nattr;
 
+        /* failed to create section attributes, so can't create notes */
+        if (!mod->sect_attrs)
+                return;
+
         /* Count notes sections and allocate structures.  */
         notes = 0;
         for (i = 0; i < nsect; i++)