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steve_v
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 Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 5:25 am Post subject: "lirc_serial: Unknown symbol verify_area" with 2.6 |
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As the subject line says.
Gentoo-sources-2.6.14-r1
lirc-0.7.2
Compiles cleanly but lirc_serial module won't load 
"lirc_serial: Unknown symbol verify_area"
Any ideas?
Cheers,
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rc
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| Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 1:15 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
i encountered that problem some while ago.
I found some way to make it work again though i think this "fix" is pretty crude.
My solution is to stop the emerge process after unpacking the sources via STRG+Z.
Then edit /var/tmp/portage/lirc-0.7.2/work/lirc-0.7.2/drivers/lirc_serial/lirc_serial.c and comment out the following two lines:
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retval=verify_area(VERIFY_READ,buf,n);
if(retval) return(retval);
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And finally continue the emerge process with fg.
As mentioned above i think this way is pretty crude.
Comments and suggestions are always appreciated.
Greetings,
rc |
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rc
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Magic Michael
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| Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Thank you rc, you saved my day. Do we have a bug report for this lirc-issue ? |
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steve_v
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| Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 4:27 am Post subject: Here's a <very> crude patch |
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| Code: | --- lirc-0.7.2/drivers/lirc_serial/lirc_serial.c.orig 2005-04-23 23:40:01.000000000 +1200
+++ lirc-0.7.2/drivers/lirc_serial/lirc_serial.c 2005-11-12 18:34:25.000000000 +1300
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@
static ssize_t lirc_write(struct file *file, const char *buf,
size_t n, loff_t * ppos)
{
- int retval,i,count;
+ int i,count;
unsigned long flags;
long delta=0;
@@ -921,13 +921,10 @@
{
return(-EBADF);
}
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if(n%sizeof(lirc_t)) return(-EINVAL);
- retval=verify_area(VERIFY_READ,buf,n);
- if(retval) return(retval);
count=n/sizeof(lirc_t);
if(count>WBUF_LEN || count%2==0) return(-EINVAL);
- copy_from_user(wbuf,buf,n);
+ if(copy_from_user(wbuf,buf,n)) return -EFAULT;
local_irq_save(flags);
if(hardware[type].type==LIRC_IRDEO)
{ |
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elderet
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| Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you for the patches!
An alternative to the "STRG+Z"-method:
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ebuild /usr/portage/app-misc/lirc/lirc-0.7.2.ebuild clean
ebuild /usr/portage/app-misc/lirc/lirc-0.7.2.ebuild fetch
ebuild /usr/portage/app-misc/lirc/lirc-0.7.2.ebuild unpack
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Apply patch to: /var/tmp/portage/lirc-0.7.2/work/lirc-0.7.2/drivers/lirc_serial/lirc_serial.c
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ebuild /usr/portage/app-misc/lirc/lirc-0.7.2.ebuild compile
ebuild /usr/portage/app-misc/lirc/lirc-0.7.2.ebuild install
ebuild /usr/portage/app-misc/lirc/lirc-0.7.2.ebuild qmerge
modprobe lirc_dev
modprobe lirc_serial
(/etc/init.d/lircd stop)
(/etc/init.d/lircd zap)
/etc/init.d/lircd start
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LIRC is ALWAYS failing after upgrading the kernel... :-/ |
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lion1977
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| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:42 pm Post subject: Patch from lirc mailing list |
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Hi,
i've found the following replacement for verify_area in the lirc mailing list archive:
Replace | Code: | | retval=verify_area(type,addr,size); |
with | Code: | | retval=access_ok(type,addr,size) ? 0 : -EFAULT; |
That should fix the problem. See http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=12912655
Another post on the list explained that the problem is solved in the cvs-tree of lirc_serial.c (http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=13745204).
I believe that removing the check, as suggested above, is a bad idea. It would no longer be verified that the given memory area belongs to userspace.
There are already two bugs filed, dealing with this problem. bug 111820 and a duplicate bug 106683 which deals with the problem. An ebuild is attached to the first one. Maybe it helps. |
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nightmarez
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| Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 10:15 am Post subject: |
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i just emerged lirc-cvs from gentoo-de overlay and i works fine
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fincoop
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| Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 1:54 pm Post subject: |
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| nightmarez wrote: | | i just emerged lirc-cvs from gentoo-de overlay and i works fine |
How do you do that? |
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firestrike
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Crazy Fucker
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| Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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merged lirc-cvs from gentoo-de and it gives me the same problem as the standard lirc ebuild  |
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Kernel & Hardware
and lirc_serial loads fine.