Re: [PATCH] score: Fix exception handler label

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Wed Apr 15 2015 - 13:23:53 EST


On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 08:33:50AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> The latest version of modinfo fails to compile score architecture

s/modinfo/modpost/

> targets with the following error.
>
> FATAL: The relocation at __ex_table+0x634 references
> section "__ex_table" which is not executable, IOW
> the kernel will fault if it ever tries to
> jump to it. Something is seriously wrong
> and should be fixed.
>
> The probem is caused by a bad label in an __ex_table entry.
>
> Cc: Quentin Casasnovas <quentin.casasnovas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> This might be a candidate for -stable.
>
> arch/score/lib/string.S | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/score/lib/string.S b/arch/score/lib/string.S
> index 00b7d3a..16efa3a 100644
> --- a/arch/score/lib/string.S
> +++ b/arch/score/lib/string.S
> @@ -175,10 +175,10 @@ ENTRY(__clear_user)
> br r3
>
> .section .fixup, "ax"
> +99:
> br r3
> .previous
> .section __ex_table, "a"
> .align 2
> -99:
> .word 0b, 99b
> .previous
> --
> 2.1.0
>
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