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-rw-r--r--arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S1
-rw-r--r--arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S1
-rw-r--r--arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds2
-rw-r--r--arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds1
-rw-r--r--arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S1
-rw-r--r--arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S3
-rw-r--r--kernel/extable.c10
7 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 433be2a24f31..3d890a98a08b 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ SECTIONS
__init_end = .;
/* Freed after init ends here */
+ _sdata = .; /* Start of rw data section */
_data = .;
RW_DATA_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index c194d64cdbb9..cf95aec77460 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ SECTIONS
EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
NOTES
+ _sdata = .; /* Start of data section */
RODATA
RW_DATA_SECTION(32, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
_edata = .; /* End of data section */
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds
index 878be5f38cad..d0993594f558 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ SECTIONS
EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
+ _sdata = .; /* Start of data section */
+
RODATA
RW_DATA_SECTION(16, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds
index 1ad6b7ad2c17..8080469ee6c1 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ SECTIONS
_etext = .; /* End of text section */
EXCEPTION_TABLE(16) :data
+ _sdata = .; /* Start of rw data section */
RW_DATA_SECTION(16, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE) :data
/* End of data goes *here* so that freeing init code works properly. */
_edata = .;
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index cd2ca544454b..01af3876cf90 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ SECTIONS
NOTES :text :note
.dummy : { *(.dummy) } :text
+ _sdata = .; /* Start of data section */
RODATA
/* writeable */
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 8f1e4efd143e..2d9a5c7c76f5 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ SECTIONS
/* End of text section */
_etext = .;
+ /* Start of data section */
+ _sdata = .;
+
RODATA
/* writeable */
diff --git a/kernel/extable.c b/kernel/extable.c
index c2d625fcda77..5339705b8241 100644
--- a/kernel/extable.c
+++ b/kernel/extable.c
@@ -72,6 +72,16 @@ int core_kernel_text(unsigned long addr)
return 0;
}
+/**
+ * core_kernel_data - tell if addr points to kernel data
+ * @addr: address to test
+ *
+ * Returns true if @addr passed in is from the core kernel data
+ * section.
+ *
+ * Note: On some archs it may return true for core RODATA, and false
+ * for others. But will always be true for core RW data.
+ */
int core_kernel_data(unsigned long addr)
{
if (addr >= (unsigned long)_sdata &&