powerpc: Make the 64-bit kernel as a position-independent executable

[linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git] / arch / powerpc / include / asm / sections.h

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sections.h
index 7710e9e6660fc52ef703c540a95b16a892ba3fca..baf318aec533b60425e2f7ece08773c5e25f7cd3 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sections.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ static inline int in_kernel_text(unsigned long addr)
        return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int overlaps_kernel_text(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
+{
+       return start < (unsigned long)__init_end &&
+               (unsigned long)_stext < end;
+}
+
 #undef dereference_function_descriptor
 void *dereference_function_descriptor(void *);