This check is unneeded. Without it, sec_name() will returns the null
string "", then section_mismatch() will return immediately.
Anyway, special section indices do not appear quite often in these
loops.
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/mod/modpost.c | 16 ++++------------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 43ce35377f6a..1c5dd81c0987 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1347,7 +1347,6 @@ static int addend_mips_rel(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Shdr *sechdr, Elf_Rela *r)
static void section_rela(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
Elf_Shdr *sechdr)
{
- Elf_Sym *sym;
Elf_Rela *rela;
Elf_Rela r;
unsigned int r_sym;
@@ -1390,11 +1389,8 @@ static void section_rela(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
continue;
break;
}
- sym = elf->symtab_start + r_sym;
- /* Skip special sections */
- if (is_shndx_special(sym->st_shndx))
- continue;
- check_section_mismatch(modname, elf, sym,
+
+ check_section_mismatch(modname, elf, elf->symtab_start + r_sym,
fsecndx, fromsec, r.r_offset, r.r_addend);
}
}
@@ -1402,7 +1398,6 @@ static void section_rela(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
static void section_rel(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
Elf_Shdr *sechdr)
{
- Elf_Sym *sym;
Elf_Rel *rel;
Elf_Rela r;
unsigned int r_sym;
@@ -1449,11 +1444,8 @@ static void section_rel(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
default:
fatal("Please add code to calculate addend for this architecture\n");
}
- sym = elf->symtab_start + r_sym;
- /* Skip special sections */
- if (is_shndx_special(sym->st_shndx))
- continue;
- check_section_mismatch(modname, elf, sym,
+
+ check_section_mismatch(modname, elf, elf->symtab_start + r_sym,
fsecndx, fromsec, r.r_offset, r.r_addend);
}
}
--
2.39.2
