Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] mm: move is_kernel_rodata() to asm-generic/sections.h

[Bjorn Andersson]

On Tue 28 Aug 02:33 PDT 2018, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:

> Export this routine so that we can use it later in devm_kstrdup_const()
> and devm_kfree_const().
> 

Reviewed-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxx>

Regards,
Bjorn

> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/asm-generic/sections.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  mm/util.c                      |  7 -------
>  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/asm-generic/sections.h b/include/asm-generic/sections.h
> index 849cd8eb5ca0..d79abca81a52 100644
> --- a/include/asm-generic/sections.h
> +++ b/include/asm-generic/sections.h
> @@ -141,4 +141,18 @@ static inline bool init_section_intersects(void *virt, size_t size)
>  	return memory_intersects(__init_begin, __init_end, virt, size);
>  }
>  
> +/**
> + * is_kernel_rodata - checks if the pointer address is located in the
> + *                    .rodata section
> + *
> + * @addr: address to check
> + *
> + * Returns: true if the address is located in .rodata, false otherwise.
> + */
> +static inline bool is_kernel_rodata(unsigned long addr)
> +{
> +	return addr >= (unsigned long)__start_rodata &&
> +	       addr < (unsigned long)__end_rodata;
> +}
> +
>  #endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_SECTIONS_H_ */
> diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
> index d2890a407332..41e9892a50ce 100644
> --- a/mm/util.c
> +++ b/mm/util.c
> @@ -15,17 +15,10 @@
>  #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
>  #include <linux/userfaultfd_k.h>
>  
> -#include <asm/sections.h>
>  #include <linux/uaccess.h>
>  
>  #include "internal.h"
>  
> -static inline int is_kernel_rodata(unsigned long addr)
> -{
> -	return addr >= (unsigned long)__start_rodata &&
> -		addr < (unsigned long)__end_rodata;
> -}
> -
>  /**
>   * kfree_const - conditionally free memory
>   * @x: pointer to the memory
> -- 
> 2.18.0
>