Re: [PATCH] score: Fix exception handler label

[Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>]

On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 08:33:50AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> The latest version of modinfo fails to compile score architecture

s/modinfo/modpost/

> targets with the following error.
> 
> FATAL: The relocation at __ex_table+0x634 references
> section "__ex_table" which is not executable, IOW
> the kernel will fault if it ever tries to
> jump to it.  Something is seriously wrong
> and should be fixed.
> 
> The probem is caused by a bad label in an __ex_table entry.
> 
> Cc: Quentin Casasnovas <quentin.casasnovas@oracle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
> ---
> This might be a candidate for -stable.
> 
>  arch/score/lib/string.S | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/score/lib/string.S b/arch/score/lib/string.S
> index 00b7d3a..16efa3a 100644
> --- a/arch/score/lib/string.S
> +++ b/arch/score/lib/string.S
> @@ -175,10 +175,10 @@ ENTRY(__clear_user)
>  	br	r3
>  
>  	.section .fixup, "ax"
> +99:
>  	br	r3
>  	.previous
>  	.section __ex_table, "a"
>  	.align	2
> -99:
>  	.word	0b, 99b
>  	.previous
> -- 
> 2.1.0
>