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-rw-r--r--include/linux/extable.h2
-rw-r--r--kernel/extable.c11
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/extable.h b/include/linux/extable.h
index 41c5b3a25f67..81ecfaa83ad3 100644
--- a/include/linux/extable.h
+++ b/include/linux/extable.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ void trim_init_extable(struct module *m);
/* Given an address, look for it in the exception tables */
const struct exception_table_entry *search_exception_tables(unsigned long add);
+const struct exception_table_entry *
+search_kernel_exception_table(unsigned long addr);
#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
/* For extable.c to search modules' exception tables. */
diff --git a/kernel/extable.c b/kernel/extable.c
index e23cce6e6092..f6c9406eec7d 100644
--- a/kernel/extable.c
+++ b/kernel/extable.c
@@ -40,13 +40,20 @@ void __init sort_main_extable(void)
}
}
+/* Given an address, look for it in the kernel exception table */
+const
+struct exception_table_entry *search_kernel_exception_table(unsigned long addr)
+{
+ return search_extable(__start___ex_table,
+ __stop___ex_table - __start___ex_table, addr);
+}
+
/* Given an address, look for it in the exception tables. */
const struct exception_table_entry *search_exception_tables(unsigned long addr)
{
const struct exception_table_entry *e;
- e = search_extable(__start___ex_table,
- __stop___ex_table - __start___ex_table, addr);
+ e = search_kernel_exception_table(addr);
if (!e)
e = search_module_extables(addr);
return e;