1 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/extable.c b/kernel/extable.c
index a26cb2e17023..e136ed8d82ba 100644
--- a/kernel/extable.c
+++ b/kernel/extable.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 */
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/ftrace.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ const struct exception_table_entry *search_exception_tables(unsigned long addr)
         return e;
 }
 
-int core_kernel_text(unsigned long addr)
+__notrace_funcgraph int core_kernel_text(unsigned long addr)
 {
         if (addr >= (unsigned long)_stext &&
             addr <= (unsigned long)_etext)
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ int core_kernel_text(unsigned long addr)
         return 0;
 }
 
-int __kernel_text_address(unsigned long addr)
+__notrace_funcgraph int __kernel_text_address(unsigned long addr)
 {
         if (core_kernel_text(addr))
                 return 1;
@@ -66,3 +67,19 @@ int kernel_text_address(unsigned long addr)
                 return 1;
         return module_text_address(addr) != NULL;
 }
+
+/*
+ * On some architectures (PPC64, IA64) function pointers
+ * are actually only tokens to some data that then holds the
+ * real function address. As a result, to find if a function
+ * pointer is part of the kernel text, we need to do some
+ * special dereferencing first.
+ */
+int func_ptr_is_kernel_text(void *ptr)
+{
+        unsigned long addr;
+        addr = (unsigned long) dereference_function_descriptor(ptr);
+        if (core_kernel_text(addr))
+                return 1;
+        return module_text_address(addr) != NULL;
+}