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-rw-r--r--scripts/mod/modpost.c23
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index e8fba959fffb..cd104afcc5f2 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1248,6 +1248,19 @@ static int is_function(Elf_Sym *sym)
return -1;
}
+static void print_section_list(const char * const list[20])
+{
+ const char *const *s = list;
+
+ while (*s) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s", *s);
+ s++;
+ if (*s)
+ fprintf(stderr, ", ");
+ }
+ fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+}
+
/*
* Print a warning about a section mismatch.
* Try to find symbols near it so user can find it.
@@ -1304,7 +1317,6 @@ static void report_sec_mismatch(const char *modname,
break;
case DATA_TO_ANY_INIT: {
prl_to = sec2annotation(tosec);
- const char *const *s = mismatch->symbol_white_list;
fprintf(stderr,
"The variable %s references\n"
"the %s %s%s%s\n"
@@ -1312,9 +1324,7 @@ static void report_sec_mismatch(const char *modname,
"variable with __init* or __refdata (see linux/init.h) "
"or name the variable:\n",
fromsym, to, prl_to, tosym, to_p);
- while (*s)
- fprintf(stderr, "%s, ", *s++);
- fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+ print_section_list(mismatch->symbol_white_list);
free(prl_to);
break;
}
@@ -1329,7 +1339,6 @@ static void report_sec_mismatch(const char *modname,
break;
case DATA_TO_ANY_EXIT: {
prl_to = sec2annotation(tosec);
- const char *const *s = mismatch->symbol_white_list;
fprintf(stderr,
"The variable %s references\n"
"the %s %s%s%s\n"
@@ -1337,9 +1346,7 @@ static void report_sec_mismatch(const char *modname,
"variable with __exit* (see linux/init.h) or "
"name the variable:\n",
fromsym, to, prl_to, tosym, to_p);
- while (*s)
- fprintf(stderr, "%s, ", *s++);
- fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+ print_section_list(mismatch->symbol_white_list);
free(prl_to);
break;
}