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authorJames Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>2012-06-10 22:52:10 +1000
committerJames Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>2012-06-10 22:52:10 +1000
commit66dd07b88a1c9d446f32253da606b87324fa620e (patch)
tree4e0971bdd543585c7ab46716ae808a7fd82f9c35 /kernel/extable.c
parentf52c44cd27b4a0be37ef97f0466e4095ebebef3f (diff)
parentcfaf025112d3856637ff34a767ef785ef5cf2ca9 (diff)
Merge commit 'v3.5-rc2' into next
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/extable.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/extable.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/extable.c b/kernel/extable.c
index 5339705b8241..fe35a634bf76 100644
--- a/kernel/extable.c
+++ b/kernel/extable.c
@@ -35,10 +35,16 @@ DEFINE_MUTEX(text_mutex);
extern struct exception_table_entry __start___ex_table[];
extern struct exception_table_entry __stop___ex_table[];
+/* Cleared by build time tools if the table is already sorted. */
+u32 __initdata main_extable_sort_needed = 1;
+
/* Sort the kernel's built-in exception table */
void __init sort_main_extable(void)
{
- sort_extable(__start___ex_table, __stop___ex_table);
+ if (main_extable_sort_needed)
+ sort_extable(__start___ex_table, __stop___ex_table);
+ else
+ pr_notice("__ex_table already sorted, skipping sort\n");
}
/* Given an address, look for it in the exception tables. */