Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] powerpc64: Add .opd based function descriptor dereference

From: Sergey Senozhatsky <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2017 20:25:35 +0900

On (09/16/17 15:13), Naveen N. Rao wrote:
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> Would it be simpler to just use kernel_text_address() and dereference 
> everything else? See commit 83e840c770f2c5 ("powerpc64/elfv1: Only 
> dereference function descriptor for non-text symbols") for a related 
> patch.

I had this idea, see

lkml.kernel.org/r/[email-masked]

	-ss