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Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/mod')
| -rw-r--r-- | scripts/mod/modpost.c | 26 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c index 82e019b..2aa4762 100644 --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c @@ -582,9 +582,19 @@ static int strrcmp(const char *s, const char *sub) * tosec = .init.text | .exit.text | .init.data * fromsec = .data * atsym = *driver, *_template, *_sht, *_ops, *_probe, *probe_one + * + * Pattern 3: + * Some symbols belong to init section but still it is ok to reference + * these from non-init sections as these symbols don't have any memory + * allocated for them and symbol address and value are same. So even + * if init section is freed, its ok to reference those symbols. + * For ex. symbols marking the init section boundaries. + * This pattern is identified by + * refsymname = __init_begin, _sinittext, _einittext **/ static int secref_whitelist(const char *modname, const char *tosec, - const char *fromsec, const char *atsym) + const char *fromsec, const char *atsym, + const char *refsymname) { int f1 = 1, f2 = 1; const char **s; @@ -599,6 +609,13 @@ static int secref_whitelist(const char *modname, const char *tosec, NULL }; + const char *pat3refsym[] = { + "__init_begin", + "_sinittext", + "_einittext", + NULL + }; + /* Check for pattern 1 */ if (strcmp(tosec, ".init.data") != 0) f1 = 0; @@ -629,6 +646,11 @@ static int secref_whitelist(const char *modname, const char *tosec, if ((strcmp(fromsec, ".pci_fixup") == 0) && (strcmp(tosec, ".init.text") == 0)) return 1; + + /* Check for pattern 3 */ + for (s = pat3refsym; *s; s++) + if (strcmp(refsymname, *s) == 0) + return 1; } return 0; } @@ -738,7 +760,7 @@ static void warn_sec_mismatch(const char *modname, const char *fromsec, /* check whitelist - we may ignore it */ if (before && secref_whitelist(modname, secname, fromsec, - elf->strtab + before->st_name)) + elf->strtab + before->st_name, refsymname)) return; if (before && after) { |
