[PATCH] powerpc: fix sys_call_table declaration

From: Romeo Cane
Date: Thu Oct 02 2014 - 10:57:56 EST


Declaring sys_call_table as a pointer causes the compiler to generate the wrong lookup code in arch_syscall_addr

Signed-off-by: Romeo Cane <romeo.cane.ext@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h
index b54b2ad..528ba9d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@

/* ftrace syscalls requires exporting the sys_call_table */
#ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS
-extern const unsigned long *sys_call_table;
+extern const unsigned long sys_call_table[];
#endif /* CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS */

static inline long syscall_get_nr(struct task_struct *task,
--
1.8.3.2

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