1 /* Rewritten by Rusty Russell, on the backs of many others...
2 Copyright (C) 2001 Rusty Russell, 2002 Rusty Russell IBM.
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18 #include <linux/ftrace.h>
19 #include <linux/memory.h>
20 #include <linux/module.h>
21 #include <linux/mutex.h>
22 #include <linux/init.h>
24 #include <asm/sections.h>
25 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
28 * mutex protecting text section modification (dynamic code patching).
29 * some users need to sleep (allocating memory...) while they hold this lock.
31 * NOT exported to modules - patching kernel text is a really delicate matter.
33 DEFINE_MUTEX(text_mutex);
35 extern struct exception_table_entry __start___ex_table[];
36 extern struct exception_table_entry __stop___ex_table[];
38 /* Cleared by build time tools if the table is already sorted. */
39 u32 __initdata __visible main_extable_sort_needed = 1;
41 /* Sort the kernel's built-in exception table */
42 void __init sort_main_extable(void)
44 if (main_extable_sort_needed && __stop___ex_table > __start___ex_table) {
45 pr_notice("Sorting __ex_table...\n");
46 sort_extable(__start___ex_table, __stop___ex_table);
50 /* Given an address, look for it in the exception tables. */
51 const struct exception_table_entry *search_exception_tables(unsigned long addr)
53 const struct exception_table_entry *e;
55 e = search_extable(__start___ex_table, __stop___ex_table-1, addr);
57 e = search_module_extables(addr);
61 static inline int init_kernel_text(unsigned long addr)
63 if (addr >= (unsigned long)_sinittext &&
64 addr < (unsigned long)_einittext)
69 int core_kernel_text(unsigned long addr)
71 if (addr >= (unsigned long)_stext &&
72 addr < (unsigned long)_etext)
75 if (system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING &&
76 init_kernel_text(addr))
82 * core_kernel_data - tell if addr points to kernel data
83 * @addr: address to test
85 * Returns true if @addr passed in is from the core kernel data
88 * Note: On some archs it may return true for core RODATA, and false
89 * for others. But will always be true for core RW data.
91 int core_kernel_data(unsigned long addr)
93 if (addr >= (unsigned long)_sdata &&
94 addr < (unsigned long)_edata)
99 int __kernel_text_address(unsigned long addr)
101 if (core_kernel_text(addr))
103 if (is_module_text_address(addr))
105 if (is_ftrace_trampoline(addr))
108 * There might be init symbols in saved stacktraces.
109 * Give those symbols a chance to be printed in
110 * backtraces (such as lockdep traces).
112 * Since we are after the module-symbols check, there's
113 * no danger of address overlap:
115 if (init_kernel_text(addr))
120 int kernel_text_address(unsigned long addr)
122 if (core_kernel_text(addr))
124 if (is_module_text_address(addr))
126 return is_ftrace_trampoline(addr);
130 * On some architectures (PPC64, IA64) function pointers
131 * are actually only tokens to some data that then holds the
132 * real function address. As a result, to find if a function
133 * pointer is part of the kernel text, we need to do some
134 * special dereferencing first.
136 int func_ptr_is_kernel_text(void *ptr)
139 addr = (unsigned long) dereference_function_descriptor(ptr);
140 if (core_kernel_text(addr))
142 return is_module_text_address(addr);