The assigned 'export' is only used when if (strstarts(symname, "__ksymtab_")) is met. The else-part of the assignment is the dead code. Move the export_from_secname() call to where it is used. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> --- (no changes since v1) scripts/mod/modpost.c | 10 ++++------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c index eebb32689816..f9e54247ae1d 100644 --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c @@ -684,14 +684,8 @@ static void handle_modversion(const struct module *mod, static void handle_symbol(struct module *mod, struct elf_info *info, const Elf_Sym *sym, const char *symname) { - enum export export; const char *name; - if (strstarts(symname, "__ksymtab")) - export = export_from_secname(info, get_secindex(info, sym)); - else - export = export_unknown; - switch (sym->st_shndx) { case SHN_COMMON: if (strstarts(symname, "__gnu_lto_")) { @@ -726,7 +720,11 @@ static void handle_symbol(struct module *mod, struct elf_info *info, default: /* All exported symbols */ if (strstarts(symname, "__ksymtab_")) { + enum export export; + name = symname + strlen("__ksymtab_"); + export = export_from_secname(info, + get_secindex(info, sym)); sym_add_exported(name, mod, export); } if (strcmp(symname, "init_module") == 0) -- 2.32.0