Bug 54851 - Incorrect change to parameters for kallsyms_address_to_symbol()
Summary: Incorrect change to parameters for kallsyms_address_to_symbol()
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: kernel
Version: 7.1
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Arjan van de Ven
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-10-21 06:31 UTC by Keith Owens
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-10-21 09:33:49 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2001:142 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE kernel 2.2 and 2.4: kernel 2.2 and 2.4: 2001-10-26 04:00:00 UTC

Description Keith Owens 2001-10-21 06:31:46 UTC
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Description of problem:
In kallsyms.c and kallsyms.h, somebody has removed the 'const' keyword from
parameters mod_name, sec_name and sym_name to
kallsyms_address_to_symbol().  The 'const' was there for a very good
reason, the caller is given a pointer into the global kallsyms data and
they must *NOT* change the data referenced by the pointer.  Put
kallsyms_address_to_symbol() back the way I wrote it and change the caller
to pass correct parameters.

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Look at the code the way it was originally written.
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Comment 1 Arjan van de Ven 2001-10-21 08:50:33 UTC
I'll grab the fixed version from the SGI hacked RHL7.2 when SGI releases that

Comment 2 Keith Owens 2001-10-21 09:33:45 UTC
The SGI update just reinstates the original kallsyms.[ch] from the kdb patch.  I
did not change kksymoops.c which is where the real problem is, that is not my
code.  Whoever wrote kksymoops needs to get their code right.  Please do not
wait for SGI update to RH, back out the kallsyms changes now.

Comment 3 Arjan van de Ven 2001-11-03 17:54:49 UTC
Fixed in yesterdays errata


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