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Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/mod')
| -rw-r--r-- | scripts/mod/modpost.c | 42 |
1 files changed, 40 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c index 3cf1ba8220d..f8efc93eb70 100644 --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c @@ -696,6 +696,43 @@ int match(const char *sym, const char * const pat[]) static const char *section_white_list[] = { ".debug*", ".stab*", ".note*", ".got*", ".toc*", NULL }; +/* + * Is this section one we do not want to check? + * This is often debug sections. + * If we are going to check this section then + * test if section name ends with a dot and a number. + * This is used to find sections where the linker have + * appended a dot-number to make the name unique. + * The cause of this is often a section specified in assembler + * without "ax" / "aw" and the same section used in .c + * code where gcc add these. + */ +static int check_section(const char *modname, const char *sec) +{ + const char *e = sec + strlen(sec) - 1; + if (match(sec, section_white_list)) + return 1; + + if (*e && isdigit(*e)) { + /* consume all digits */ + while (*e && e != sec && isdigit(*e)) + e--; + if (*e == '.') { + warn("%s (%s): unexpected section name.\n" + "The (.[number]+) following section name are " + "ld generated and not expected.\n" + "Did you forget to use \"ax\"/\"aw\" " + "in a .S file?\n" + "Note that for example <linux/init.h> contains\n" + "section definitions for use in .S files.\n\n", + modname, sec); + } + } + return 0; +} + + + #define ALL_INIT_DATA_SECTIONS \ ".init.data$", ".devinit.data$", ".cpuinit.data$", ".meminit.data$" #define ALL_EXIT_DATA_SECTIONS \ @@ -1311,8 +1348,9 @@ static void section_rela(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf, fromsec = sech_name(elf, sechdr); fromsec += strlen(".rela"); /* if from section (name) is know good then skip it */ - if (match(fromsec, section_white_list)) + if (check_section(modname, fromsec)) return; + for (rela = start; rela < stop; rela++) { r.r_offset = TO_NATIVE(rela->r_offset); #if KERNEL_ELFCLASS == ELFCLASS64 @@ -1354,7 +1392,7 @@ static void section_rel(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf, fromsec = sech_name(elf, sechdr); fromsec += strlen(".rel"); /* if from section (name) is know good then skip it */ - if (match(fromsec, section_white_list)) + if (check_section(modname, fromsec)) return; for (rel = start; rel < stop; rel++) { |