Re: [PATCH 3/5] powerpc64: Add .opd based function descriptor dereference

[Sergey Senozhatsky]

On (09/19/17 20:22), Michael Ellerman wrote:
> > On 2017/09/16 12:53PM, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> >> We are moving towards separate kernel and module function descriptor
> >> dereference callbacks. This patch enables it for powerpc64.
> >> 
> >> For pointers that belong to the kernel
> >> -  Added __start_opd and __end_opd pointers, to track the kernel
> >>    .opd section address range;
> >> 
> >> -  Added dereference_kernel_function_descriptor(). Now we
> >>    will dereference only function pointers that are within
> >>    [__start_opd, __end_opd];
> >> 
> >> For pointers that belong to a module
> >> -  Added dereference_module_function_descriptor() to handle module
> >>    function descriptor dereference. Now we will dereference only
> >>    pointers that are within [module->opd.start, module->opd.end].
> >
> > Would it be simpler to just use kernel_text_address() and dereference 
> > everything else? See commit 83e840c770f2c5 ("powerpc64/elfv1: Only 
> > dereference function descriptor for non-text symbols") for a related 
> > patch.
> 
> Yeah that would be a lot simpler and probably work perfectly well.

unlike ppc_function_entry(), printk() can get called on any symbol,
not just function pointers.

for example,

cat /proc/kallsyms | grep shrinker_rwsem
ffffffff81a4b1e0 d shrinker_rwsem

or

cat /proc/kallsyms | grep vm_total_pages
ffffffff81dcd418 B vm_total_pages


and so on.

	-ss