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author | Marcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@toradex.com> | 2019-03-28 11:16:26 +0100 |
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committer | Marcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@toradex.com> | 2019-03-28 11:16:26 +0100 |
commit | 6f01eb5bf8e8110ab5f3a8e7b0f3abf19a205e4b (patch) | |
tree | 4b3147335ed97e4b487fd84bcb7a959a38d9656e /scripts/mod/modpost.c | |
parent | 8f234193b8cc35c44614e4a4b05f2d920ff562e4 (diff) | |
parent | 6b50202a4d53bf527c640467bcff68b50a5e38a2 (diff) |
Merge tag 'v4.4.177' into toradex_vf_4.4-nextColibri-VF_LXDE-Image_2.8b6.183-20190331
This is the 4.4.177 stable release
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/mod/modpost.c')
-rw-r--r-- | scripts/mod/modpost.c | 50 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c index 064fbfbbb22c..81b1c02a76fa 100644 --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c @@ -1197,6 +1197,30 @@ static int secref_whitelist(const struct sectioncheck *mismatch, return 1; } +static inline int is_arm_mapping_symbol(const char *str) +{ + return str[0] == '$' && strchr("axtd", str[1]) + && (str[2] == '\0' || str[2] == '.'); +} + +/* + * If there's no name there, ignore it; likewise, ignore it if it's + * one of the magic symbols emitted used by current ARM tools. + * + * Otherwise if find_symbols_between() returns those symbols, they'll + * fail the whitelist tests and cause lots of false alarms ... fixable + * only by merging __exit and __init sections into __text, bloating + * the kernel (which is especially evil on embedded platforms). + */ +static inline int is_valid_name(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Sym *sym) +{ + const char *name = elf->strtab + sym->st_name; + + if (!name || !strlen(name)) + return 0; + return !is_arm_mapping_symbol(name); +} + /** * Find symbol based on relocation record info. * In some cases the symbol supplied is a valid symbol so @@ -1222,6 +1246,8 @@ static Elf_Sym *find_elf_symbol(struct elf_info *elf, Elf64_Sword addr, continue; if (ELF_ST_TYPE(sym->st_info) == STT_SECTION) continue; + if (!is_valid_name(elf, sym)) + continue; if (sym->st_value == addr) return sym; /* Find a symbol nearby - addr are maybe negative */ @@ -1240,30 +1266,6 @@ static Elf_Sym *find_elf_symbol(struct elf_info *elf, Elf64_Sword addr, return NULL; } -static inline int is_arm_mapping_symbol(const char *str) -{ - return str[0] == '$' && strchr("axtd", str[1]) - && (str[2] == '\0' || str[2] == '.'); -} - -/* - * If there's no name there, ignore it; likewise, ignore it if it's - * one of the magic symbols emitted used by current ARM tools. - * - * Otherwise if find_symbols_between() returns those symbols, they'll - * fail the whitelist tests and cause lots of false alarms ... fixable - * only by merging __exit and __init sections into __text, bloating - * the kernel (which is especially evil on embedded platforms). - */ -static inline int is_valid_name(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Sym *sym) -{ - const char *name = elf->strtab + sym->st_name; - - if (!name || !strlen(name)) - return 0; - return !is_arm_mapping_symbol(name); -} - /* * Find symbols before or equal addr and after addr - in the section sec. * If we find two symbols with equal offset prefer one with a valid name. |