extable: Add function to search only kernel exception table
Certain architecture specific operating modes (e.g., in powerpc machine
check handler that is unable to access vmalloc memory), the
search_exception_tables cannot be called because it also searches the
module exception tables if entry is not found in the kernel exception
table.
Signed-off-by: Santosh Sivaraj <santosh@fossix.org>
Reviewed-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190820081352.8641-5-santosh@fossix.org
diff --git a/include/linux/extable.h b/include/linux/extable.h
index 41c5b3a..81ecfaa 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. */