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* kallsyms: fix potential overflow in binary searchVegard Nossum2008-07-25
| | | | | | | | | | | This will probably never trigger... but it won't hurt to be careful. http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2006/06/extra-extra-read-all-about-it-nearly.html Signed-off-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@gmail.com> Cc: Joshua Bloch <jjb@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creationDenis V. Lunev2008-04-29
| | | | | | | | | | | | Use proc_create()/proc_create_data() to make sure that ->proc_fops and ->data be setup before gluing PDE to main tree. Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* remove support for un-needed _extratext sectionRobin Getz2008-02-06
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | When passing a zero address to kallsyms_lookup(), the kernel thought it was a valid kernel address, even if it is not. This is because is_ksym_addr() called is_kernel_extratext() and checked against labels that don't exist on many archs (which default as zero). Since PPC was the only kernel which defines _extra_text, (in 2005), and no longer needs it, this patch removes _extra_text support. For some history (provided by Jon): http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2005-September/019734.html http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2005-September/019736.html http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2005-September/019751.html [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: Robin Getz <rgetz@blackfin.uclinux.org> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Cc: Jon Loeliger <jdl@freescale.com> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* module: make module_address_lookup safeRusty Russell2008-01-29
| | | | | | | | module_address_lookup releases preemption then returns a pointer into the module space. The only user (kallsyms) copies the result, so just do that under the preempt disable. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
* FRV: fix the extern declaration of kallsyms_num_symsDavid Howells2007-11-29
| | | | | | | | | | Fix the extern declaration of kallsyms_num_syms to indicate that the symbol does not reside in the small-data storage space, and so may not be accessed relative to the small data base register. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* kallsyms: make KSYM_NAME_LEN include space for trailing '\0'Tejun Heo2007-07-17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | KSYM_NAME_LEN is peculiar in that it does not include the space for the trailing '\0', forcing all users to use KSYM_NAME_LEN + 1 when allocating buffer. This is nonsense and error-prone. Moreover, when the caller forgets that it's very likely to subtly bite back by corrupting the stack because the last position of the buffer is always cleared to zero. This patch increments KSYM_NAME_LEN by one and updates code accordingly. * off-by-one bug in asm-powerpc/kprobes.h::kprobe_lookup_name() macro is fixed. * Where MODULE_NAME_LEN and KSYM_NAME_LEN were used together, MODULE_NAME_LEN was treated as if it didn't include space for the trailing '\0'. Fix it. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Acked-by: Paulo Marques <pmarques@grupopie.com> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* sprint_symbol() cleanupAndrew Morton2007-07-16
| | | | | | | Remove pointless `else'. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* fix possible null ptr deref in kallsyms_lookupKyle McMartin2007-05-30
| | | | | | | | ugh, this function gets called by our unwinder. recursive backtrace for the win... bisection to find this one was "fun." Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@parisc-linux.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* kallsyms: cleanup: use seq_release_private() where appropriateMartin Peschke2007-05-08
| | | | | | | | We can save some lines of code by using seq_release_private(). Signed-off-by: Martin Peschke <mp3@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Fix race between cat /proc/slab_allocators and rmmodAlexey Dobriyan2007-05-08
| | | | | | | | | | Same story as with cat /proc/*/wchan race vs rmmod race, only /proc/slab_allocators want more info than just symbol name. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@sw.ru> Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Fix race between cat /proc/*/wchan and rmmod et alAlexey Dobriyan2007-05-08
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | kallsyms_lookup() can go iterating over modules list unprotected which is OK for emergency situations (oops), but not OK for regular stuff like /proc/*/wchan. Introduce lookup_symbol_name()/lookup_module_symbol_name() which copy symbol name into caller-supplied buffer or return -ERANGE. All copying is done with module_mutex held, so... Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@sw.ru> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Simplify kallsyms_lookup()Alexey Dobriyan2007-05-08
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Several kallsyms_lookup() pass dummy arguments but only need, say, module's name. Make kallsyms_lookup() accept NULLs where possible. Also, makes picture clearer about what interfaces are needed for all symbol resolving business. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@sw.ru> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Fix race between rmmod and cat /proc/kallsymsAlexey Dobriyan2007-05-08
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | module_get_kallsym() leaks "struct module *" outside of module_mutex which is no-no, because module can dissapear right after mutex unlock. Copy all needed information from inside module_mutex into caller-supplied space. [bunk@stusta.de: is_exported() can now become static] Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@sw.ru> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Simplify module_get_kallsym() by dropping length argAlexey Dobriyan2007-05-08
| | | | | | | | | | | | module_get_kallsym() could in theory truncate module symbol name to fit in buffer, but nobody does this. Always use KSYM_NAME_LEN + 1 bytes for name. Suggested by lg^WRusty. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@sw.ru> Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Extend print_symbol capabilityRobert Peterson2007-04-30
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Today's print_symbol function dumps a kernel symbol with printk. This patch extends the functionality of kallsyms.c so that the symbol lookup function may be used without the printk. This is useful for modules that want to dump symbols elsewhere, for example, to debugfs. I intend to use the new function call in the GFS2 file system (which will be a separate patch). [akpm@linux-foundation.org: build fix] [clameter@sgi.com: sprint_symbol should return length of string like sprintf] Signed-off-by: Robert Peterson <rpeterso@redhat.com> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Acked-by: Paulo Marques <pmarques@grupopie.com> Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [PATCH] move kallsyms data to .rodataJan Beulich2006-12-08
| | | | | | | | | Kallsyms data is never written to, so it can as well benefit from CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] struct seq_operations and struct file_operations constificationHelge Deller2006-12-07
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | - move some file_operations structs into the .rodata section - move static strings from policy_types[] array into the .rodata section - fix generic seq_operations usages, so that those structs may be defined as "const" as well [akpm@osdl.org: couple of fixes] Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] /proc/kallsyms reports lower-case types for some non-exported symbolsAdam B. Jerome2006-12-07
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch addresses incorrect symbol type information reported through /proc/kallsyms. A lowercase character should designate the symbol as local (or non-exported). An uppercase character should designate the symbol as global (or external). Without this patch, some non-exported symbols are incorrectly assigned an upper-case designation in /proc/kallsyms. This patch corrects this condition by converting non-exported symbols types to lower case when appropriate and eliminates the superfluous upcase_if_global function Signed-off-by: Adam B. Jerome <abj@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Create kallsyms_lookup_size_offset()Franck Bui-Huu2006-10-03
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Some uses of kallsyms_lookup() do not need to find out the name of a symbol and its module's name it belongs. This is specially true in arch specific code, which needs to unwind the stack to show the back trace during oops (mips is an example). In this specific case, we just need to retreive the function's size and the offset of the active intruction inside it. Adds a new entry "kallsyms_lookup_size_offset()" This new entry does exactly the same as kallsyms_lookup() but does not require any buffers to store any names. It returns 0 if it fails otherwise 1. Signed-off-by: Franck Bui-Huu <vagabon.xyz@gmail.com> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Kprobes: Make kprobe modules more portableAnanth N Mavinakayanahalli2006-10-02
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In an effort to make kprobe modules more portable, here is a patch that: o Introduces the "symbol_name" field to struct kprobe. The symbol->address resolution now happens in the kernel in an architecture agnostic manner. 64-bit powerpc users no longer have to specify the ".symbols" o Introduces the "offset" field to struct kprobe to allow a user to specify an offset into a symbol. o The legacy mechanism of specifying the kprobe.addr is still supported. However, if both the kprobe.addr and kprobe.symbol_name are specified, probe registration fails with an -EINVAL. o The symbol resolution code uses kallsyms_lookup_name(). So CONFIG_KPROBES now depends on CONFIG_KALLSYMS o Apparantly kprobe modules were the only legitimate out-of-tree user of the kallsyms_lookup_name() EXPORT. Now that the symbol resolution happens in-kernel, remove the EXPORT as suggested by Christoph Hellwig o Modify tcp_probe.c that uses the kprobe interface so as to make it work on multiple platforms (in its earlier form, the code wouldn't work, say, on powerpc) Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Prasanna S Panchamukhi <prasanna@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] null-terminate over-long /proc/kallsyms symbolsAndreas Gruenbacher2006-07-15
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Got a customer bug report (https://bugzilla.novell.com/190296) about kernel symbols longer than 127 characters which end up in a string buffer that is not NULL terminated, leading to garbage in /proc/kallsyms. Using strlcpy prevents this from happening, even though such symbols still won't come out right. A better fix would be to not use a fixed-size buffer, but it's probably not worth the trouble. (Modversion'ed symbols even have a length limit of 60.) [bunk@stusta.de: build fix] Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] fix missing includesTim Schmielau2005-10-30
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | I recently picked up my older work to remove unnecessary #includes of sched.h, starting from a patch by Dave Jones to not include sched.h from module.h. This reduces the number of indirect includes of sched.h by ~300. Another ~400 pointless direct includes can be removed after this disentangling (patch to follow later). However, quite a few indirect includes need to be fixed up for this. In order to feed the patches through -mm with as little disturbance as possible, I've split out the fixes I accumulated up to now (complete for i386 and x86_64, more archs to follow later) and post them before the real patch. This way this large part of the patch is kept simple with only adding #includes, and all hunks are independent of each other. So if any hunk rejects or gets in the way of other patches, just drop it. My scripts will pick it up again in the next round. Signed-off-by: Tim Schmielau <tim@physik3.uni-rostock.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] ppc32: platform-specific functions missing from kallsyms.David Woodhouse2005-05-05
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The PPC32 kernel puts platform-specific functions into separate sections so that unneeded parts of it can be freed when we've booted and actually worked out what we're running on today. This makes kallsyms ignore those functions, because they're not between _[se]text or _[se]inittext. Rather than teaching kallsyms about the various pmac/chrp/etc sections, this patch adds '_[se]extratext' markers for kallsyms. Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* Linux-2.6.12-rc2v2.6.12-rc2Linus Torvalds2005-04-16
Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history, even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about 3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good infrastructure for it. Let it rip!