From: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli kallsyms_lookup_name() allows for style specification for looking up symbol addresses. Handle the case where the user specifies on powerpc, given that 64-bit powerpc uses function descriptors. Signed-off-by: Anil S Keshavamurthy Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- include/asm-powerpc/kprobes.h | 15 +++++++++++---- 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN include/asm-powerpc/kprobes.h~kprobes-handle-symbol-resolution-when-modulesymbol-is-specified include/asm-powerpc/kprobes.h --- a/include/asm-powerpc/kprobes.h~kprobes-handle-symbol-resolution-when-modulesymbol-is-specified +++ a/include/asm-powerpc/kprobes.h @@ -47,16 +47,23 @@ typedef unsigned int kprobe_opcode_t; /* * 64bit powerpc uses function descriptors. * Handle cases where: - * - User passes a <.symbol> - * - User passes a + * - User passes a <.symbol> or + * - User passes a or * - User passes a non-existant symbol, kallsyms_lookup_name * returns 0. Don't deref the NULL pointer in that case */ #define kprobe_lookup_name(name, addr) \ { \ + char *colon; \ addr = (kprobe_opcode_t *)kallsyms_lookup_name(name); \ - if (!(name[0] == '.') && addr) \ - addr = *(kprobe_opcode_t **)addr; \ + if (addr) { \ + if ((colon = strchr(name, ':')) != NULL) { \ + colon++; \ + if (*colon != '\0' && colon[0] != '.') \ + addr = *(kprobe_opcode_t **)addr; \ + } else if (name[0] != '.') \ + addr = *(kprobe_opcode_t **)addr; \ + } \ } #define JPROBE_ENTRY(pentry) (kprobe_opcode_t *)((func_descr_t *)pentry) _