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| -rw-r--r-- | scripts/mod/modpost.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c index 3b570b18c2e..3648683a26c 100644 --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c @@ -558,7 +558,10 @@ static Elf_Sym *find_elf_symbol(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Addr addr, } /* - * Find symbols before or equal addr and after addr - in the section sec + * 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. + * The ELF format may have a better way to detect what type of symbol + * it is, but this works for now. **/ static void find_symbols_between(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Addr addr, const char *sec, @@ -587,6 +590,12 @@ static void find_symbols_between(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Addr addr, beforediff = addr - sym->st_value; *before = sym; } + else if ((addr - sym->st_value) == beforediff) { + /* equal offset, valid name? */ + const char *name = elf->strtab + sym->st_name; + if (name && strlen(name)) + *before = sym; + } } else { @@ -594,6 +603,12 @@ static void find_symbols_between(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Addr addr, afterdiff = sym->st_value - addr; *after = sym; } + else if ((sym->st_value - addr) == afterdiff) { + /* equal offset, valid name? */ + const char *name = elf->strtab + sym->st_name; + if (name && strlen(name)) + *after = sym; + } } } } |