* mutex protecting text section modification (dynamic code patching).
* some users need to sleep (allocating memory...) while they hold this lock.
*
+ * Note: Also protects SMP-alternatives modification on x86.
+ *
* NOT exported to modules - patching kernel text is a really delicate matter.
*/
DEFINE_MUTEX(text_mutex);
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 &&
+ addr < (unsigned long)_edata)
+ return 1;
+ return 0;
+}
+
int __kernel_text_address(unsigned long addr)
{
if (core_kernel_text(addr))