# Re: \[PATCH 3/5\] powerpc64: Add .opd based function descriptor dereference

- From: Sergey Senozhatsky \<hidden\>
- Date: 2017-09-16 11:30:24 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2017/09/5089125
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2017/09/5089064/t.md

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On (09/16/17 15:13), Naveen N. Rao wrote:
[..]
> Would it be simpler to just use kernel_text_address() and dereference 
> everything else? See commit 83e840c770f2c5 ("powerpc64/elfv1: Only 
> dereference function descriptor for non-text symbols") for a related 
> patch.

I had this idea, see

lkml.kernel.org/r/20170908172528.qc2vdtxzqh777k6o@intel.com


	-ss
```