[PATCH v2 0/7] sections: Unify kernel sections range check and use

From: Kefeng Wang
Date: Wed Jul 28 2021 - 04:07:16 EST


There are three head files(kallsyms.h, kernel.h and sections.h) which
include the kernel sections range check, let's make some cleanup and
unify them.

1. cleanup arch specific text/data check and fix address boundary check
in kallsyms.h
2. make all the basic/core kernel range check function into sections.h
3. update all the callers, and use the helper in sections.h to simplify
the code

After this series, we have 5 APIs about kernel sections range check in
sections.h

* is_kernel_core_data() --- come from core_kernel_data() in kernel.h
* is_kernel_rodata() --- already in sections.h
* is_kernel_text() --- come from kallsyms.h
* is_kernel_inittext() --- come from kernel.h and kallsyms.h
* is_kernel() --- come from kallsyms.h


Cc: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-s390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: iommu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: bpf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

v2:
- add ACK/RW to patch2, and drop inappropriate fix tag
- keep 'core' to check kernel data, suggestted by Steven Rostedt
<rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>, rename is_kernel_data() to is_kernel_core_data()
- drop patch8 which is merged
- drop patch9 which is resend independently

v1:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arch/20210626073439.150586-1-wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx

Kefeng Wang (7):
kallsyms: Remove arch specific text and data check
kallsyms: Fix address-checks for kernel related range
sections: Move and rename core_kernel_data() to is_kernel_core_data()
sections: Move is_kernel_inittext() into sections.h
kallsyms: Rename is_kernel() and is_kernel_text()
sections: Add new is_kernel() and is_kernel_text()
powerpc/mm: Use is_kernel_text() and is_kernel_inittext() helper

arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c | 7 +---
arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c | 2 +-
include/asm-generic/sections.h | 71 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
include/linux/kallsyms.h | 21 +++-------
include/linux/kernel.h | 2 -
kernel/cfi.c | 2 +-
kernel/extable.c | 33 ++--------------
kernel/locking/lockdep.c | 3 --
kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 2 +-
mm/kasan/report.c | 2 +-
net/sysctl_net.c | 2 +-
12 files changed, 72 insertions(+), 77 deletions(-)

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