Re: 2.5.59 __find_symbol oops

[Sam Ravnborg]

On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 02:59:40PM +0000, Gianni Tedesco wrote:
> Reproduce by loading a module (AFAICS).

Bug in asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
Apply this patch:

===== vmlinux.lds.h 1.4 vs 1.5 =====
--- 1.4/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h	Thu Jan 16 17:02:47 2003
+++ 1.5/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h	Fri Jan 17 17:26:31 2003
@@ -13,18 +13,18 @@
 	}								\
 									\
 	/* Kernel symbol table: Normal symbols */			\
-	__start___ksymtab = .;						\
 	__ksymtab         : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab) - LOAD_OFFSET) {		\
+		__start___ksymtab = .;					\
 		*(__ksymtab)						\
+		__stop___ksymtab = .;					\
 	}								\
-	__stop___ksymtab = .;						\
 									\
 	/* Kernel symbol table: GPL-only symbols */			\
-	__start___gpl_ksymtab = .;					\
 	__gpl_ksymtab     : AT(ADDR(__gpl_ksymtab) - LOAD_OFFSET) {	\
+		__start___gpl_ksymtab = .;				\
 		*(__gpl_ksymtab)					\
+		__stop___gpl_ksymtab = .;				\
 	}								\
-	__stop___gpl_ksymtab = .;					\
 									\
 	/* Kernel symbol table: strings */				\
         __ksymtab_strings : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_strings) - LOAD_OFFSET) {	\