Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755037AbcD0A2w (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Apr 2016 20:28:52 -0400 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:39886 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753774AbcDZXNo (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Apr 2016 19:13:44 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Ben Hutchings To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org CC: akpm@linux-foundation.org, "Helge Deller" Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 01:02:21 +0200 Message-ID: X-Mailer: LinuxStableQueue (scripts by bwh) Subject: [PATCH 3.16 176/217] parisc: Avoid function pointers for kernel exception routines In-Reply-To: X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 2a02:8426:ae4:c500:9cba:69ae:962d:6167 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1412 Lines: 40 3.16.35-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Helge Deller commit e3893027a300927049efc1572f852201eb785142 upstream. We want to avoid the kernel module loader to create function pointers for the kernel fixup routines of get_user() and put_user(). Changing the external reference from function type to int type fixes this. This unbreaks exception handling for get_user() and put_user() when called from a kernel module. Signed-off-by: Helge Deller Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- arch/parisc/kernel/parisc_ksyms.c | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) --- a/arch/parisc/kernel/parisc_ksyms.c +++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/parisc_ksyms.c @@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__cmpxchg_u64); EXPORT_SYMBOL(lclear_user); EXPORT_SYMBOL(lstrnlen_user); -/* Global fixups */ -extern void fixup_get_user_skip_1(void); -extern void fixup_get_user_skip_2(void); -extern void fixup_put_user_skip_1(void); -extern void fixup_put_user_skip_2(void); +/* Global fixups - defined as int to avoid creation of function pointers */ +extern int fixup_get_user_skip_1; +extern int fixup_get_user_skip_2; +extern int fixup_put_user_skip_1; +extern int fixup_put_user_skip_2; EXPORT_SYMBOL(fixup_get_user_skip_1); EXPORT_SYMBOL(fixup_get_user_skip_2); EXPORT_SYMBOL(fixup_put_user_skip_1);