Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/12] powerpc/module: Rework is_early_mcount_callsite()

From: Balbir Singh <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 10:39:17 +1100

On 25/02/16 01:28, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> is_early_mcount_callsite() needs to detect either the two instruction or
> the three instruction versions of the _mcount() sequence.
>
> But if we're running a kernel with the two instruction sequence, we need
> to be careful not to read instruction - 2, otherwise we might fall off
> the front of a page and cause an oops.
>
> While we're here convert to bool to make the return semantics clear.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c | 30 ++++++++++++++----------------
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
> Squash.
>
>
Do we even need to do this anymore?

Balbir Singh.