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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h index abef812de7f8..5482928eea1b 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h @@ -83,8 +83,16 @@ static inline unsigned long ppc_function_entry(void *func) * On PPC64 ABIv1 the function pointer actually points to the * function's descriptor. The first entry in the descriptor is the * address of the function text. + * + * However, we may also receive pointer to an assembly symbol. To + * detect that, we first check if the function pointer we receive + * already points to kernel/module text and we only dereference it + * if it doesn't. */ - return ((func_descr_t *)func)->entry; + if (kernel_text_address((unsigned long)func)) + return (unsigned long)func; + else + return ((func_descr_t *)func)->entry; #else return (unsigned long)func; #endif |