Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/fslc/4.9-2.3.x-imx' into toradex_4.9-2.3.x-imx-next

Conflicts:
	sound/soc/codecs/sgtl5000.c
	sound/soc/fsl/imx-sgtl5000.c

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index fdf5bbfd00cd..9abcdf2e8dfe 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1157,6 +1157,14 @@ static const struct sectioncheck *section_mismatch(
  *   fromsec = text section
  *   refsymname = *.constprop.*
  *
+ * Pattern 6:
+ *   Hide section mismatch warnings for ELF local symbols.  The goal
+ *   is to eliminate false positive modpost warnings caused by
+ *   compiler-generated ELF local symbol names such as ".LANCHOR1".
+ *   Autogenerated symbol names bypass modpost's "Pattern 2"
+ *   whitelisting, which relies on pattern-matching against symbol
+ *   names to work.  (One situation where gcc can autogenerate ELF
+ *   local symbols is when "-fsection-anchors" is used.)
  **/
 static int secref_whitelist(const struct sectioncheck *mismatch,
 			    const char *fromsec, const char *fromsym,
@@ -1195,6 +1203,10 @@ static int secref_whitelist(const struct sectioncheck *mismatch,
 	    match(fromsym, optim_symbols))
 		return 0;
 
+	/* Check for pattern 6 */
+	if (strstarts(fromsym, ".L"))
+		return 0;
+
 	return 1;
 }