From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752682AbaCGAc1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Mar 2014 19:32:27 -0500 Received: from smtp.outflux.net ([198.145.64.163]:51090 "EHLO smtp.outflux.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751087AbaCGAcY (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Mar 2014 19:32:24 -0500 From: Kees Cook To: Rusty Russell Cc: Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , Andrew Honig , Michal Marek , "x86@kernel.org" , Tejun Heo , Tony Luck , Fenghua Yu , linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, keescook@chromium.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 0/2] kallsyms: handle special absolute symbols Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 16:32:02 -0800 Message-Id: <1394152324-26304-1-git-send-email-keescook@chromium.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.9.5 X-HELO: www.outflux.net Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This is an attempt at a more correct solution to the patch sent earlier "kallsyms: fix absolute addresses for kASLR". The main problem is that the entire per_cpu area needs to be treated as absolute by kallsyms. This series adds the logic to recognize the per_cpu memory range and treat it as absolute in the kallsyms tool. -Kees