Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-module-and-param

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-module-and-param:
  module: cleanup FIXME comments about trimming exception table entries.
  module: trim exception table on init free.
  module: merge module_alloc() finally
  uml module: fix uml build process due to this merge
  x86 module: merge the rest functions with macros
  x86 module: merge the same functions in module_32.c and module_64.c
  uvesafb: improve parameter handling.
  module_param: allow 'bool' module_params to be bool, not just int.
  module_param: add __same_type convenience wrapper for __builtin_types_compatible_p
  module_param: split perm field into flags and perm
  module_param: invbool should take a 'bool', not an 'int'
  cyber2000fb.c: use proper method for stopping unload if CONFIG_ARCH_SHARK

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/alpha/mm/extable.c b/arch/alpha/mm/extable.c
index 62dc379d301..813c9b63c0e 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/mm/extable.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/mm/extable.c
@@ -48,6 +48,27 @@ void sort_extable(struct exception_table_entry *start,
 	     cmp_ex, swap_ex);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+/*
+ * Any entry referring to the module init will be at the beginning or
+ * the end.
+ */
+void trim_init_extable(struct module *m)
+{
+	/*trim the beginning*/
+	while (m->num_exentries &&
+	       within_module_init(ex_to_addr(&m->extable[0]), m)) {
+		m->extable++;
+		m->num_exentries--;
+	}
+	/*trim the end*/
+	while (m->num_exentries &&
+	       within_module_init(ex_to_addr(&m->extable[m->num_exentries-1]),
+				  m))
+		m->num_exentries--;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_MODULES */
+
 const struct exception_table_entry *
 search_extable(const struct exception_table_entry *first,
 	       const struct exception_table_entry *last,