# \[PATCH v4 09/11\] powerpc/mm: Use core\_kernel\_text() helper

- From: Kefeng Wang \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-09-30 07:09:53 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2021/09/1526634
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-arch/2021/09/1526626/t.md

```text
Use core_kernel_text() helper to simplify code, also drop etext,
_stext, _sinittext, _einittext declaration which already declared
in section.h.

Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <redacted>
Cc: Christophe Leroy <redacted>
Cc: <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <redacted>
---
 arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c
index dcf5ecca19d9..079abbf45a33 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
 
 #include <mm/mmu_decl.h>
 
-extern char etext[], _stext[], _sinittext[], _einittext[];
-
 static u8 early_fixmap_pagetable[FIXMAP_PTE_SIZE] __page_aligned_data;
 
 notrace void __init early_ioremap_init(void)
@@ -104,14 +102,13 @@ static void __init __mapin_ram_chunk(unsigned long offset, unsigned long top)
 {
 	unsigned long v, s;
 	phys_addr_t p;
-	int ktext;
+	bool ktext;
 
 	s = offset;
 	v = PAGE_OFFSET + s;
 	p = memstart_addr + s;
 	for (; s < top; s += PAGE_SIZE) {
-		ktext = ((char *)v >= _stext && (char *)v < etext) ||
-			((char *)v >= _sinittext && (char *)v < _einittext);
+		ktext = core_kernel_text(v);
 		map_kernel_page(v, p, ktext ? PAGE_KERNEL_TEXT : PAGE_KERNEL);
 		v += PAGE_SIZE;
 		p += PAGE_SIZE;
-- 
2.26.2

```