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-rw-r--r--scripts/mod/modpost.c24
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 1ce655dde99e..33122ca04e7c 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include <stdio.h>
#include <ctype.h>
+#include <string.h>
#include "modpost.h"
#include "../../include/generated/autoconf.h"
#include "../../include/linux/license.h"
@@ -789,6 +790,7 @@ static const char *section_white_list[] =
{
".comment*",
".debug*",
+ ".GCC-command-line", /* mn10300 */
".mdebug*", /* alpha, score, mips etc. */
".pdr", /* alpha, score, mips etc. */
".stab*",
@@ -1033,6 +1035,13 @@ static const struct sectioncheck *section_mismatch(
* fromsec = .data*
* atsym =__param*
*
+ * Pattern 1a:
+ * module_param_call() ops can refer to __init set function if permissions=0
+ * The pattern is identified by:
+ * tosec = .init.text
+ * fromsec = .data*
+ * atsym = __param_ops_*
+ *
* Pattern 2:
* Many drivers utilise a *driver container with references to
* add, remove, probe functions etc.
@@ -1067,6 +1076,12 @@ static int secref_whitelist(const struct sectioncheck *mismatch,
(strncmp(fromsym, "__param", strlen("__param")) == 0))
return 0;
+ /* Check for pattern 1a */
+ if (strcmp(tosec, ".init.text") == 0 &&
+ match(fromsec, data_sections) &&
+ (strncmp(fromsym, "__param_ops_", strlen("__param_ops_")) == 0))
+ return 0;
+
/* Check for pattern 2 */
if (match(tosec, init_exit_sections) &&
match(fromsec, data_sections) &&
@@ -1193,6 +1208,9 @@ static Elf_Sym *find_elf_symbol2(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Addr addr,
* .cpuinit.data => __cpudata
* .memexitconst => __memconst
* etc.
+ *
+ * The memory of returned value has been allocated on a heap. The user of this
+ * method should free it after usage.
*/
static char *sec2annotation(const char *s)
{
@@ -1215,9 +1233,9 @@ static char *sec2annotation(const char *s)
strcat(p, "data ");
else
strcat(p, " ");
- return r; /* we leak her but we do not care */
+ return r;
} else {
- return "";
+ return strdup("");
}
}
@@ -1352,7 +1370,7 @@ static void report_sec_mismatch(const char *modname,
"%s%s so it may be used outside an exit section.\n",
from, prl_from, fromsym, from_p,
to, prl_to, tosym, to_p,
- sec2annotation(tosec), tosym, to_p);
+ prl_to, tosym, to_p);
free(prl_from);
free(prl_to);
break;