report_extable_warnings() prints "from" in a pretty form, but we know it is always located in the __ex_table section, i.e. a collection of struct exception_table_entry. It is very likely to fail to get the symbol name and ends up with meaningless message: ... in reference from the (unknown reference) (unknown) to ... Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/mod/modpost.c | 11 ++--------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c index ba4577aa4f1d..bbe066f7adbc 100644 --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c @@ -1297,23 +1297,16 @@ static void report_extable_warnings(const char* modname, struct elf_info* elf, Elf_Rela* r, Elf_Sym* sym, const char* fromsec, const char* tosec) { - Elf_Sym* fromsym = find_elf_symbol2(elf, r->r_offset, fromsec); - const char* fromsym_name = sym_name(elf, fromsym); Elf_Sym* tosym = find_elf_symbol(elf, r->r_addend, sym); const char* tosym_name = sym_name(elf, tosym); - const char* from_pretty_name; - const char* from_pretty_name_p; const char* to_pretty_name; const char* to_pretty_name_p; - get_pretty_name(is_function(fromsym), - &from_pretty_name, &from_pretty_name_p); get_pretty_name(is_function(tosym), &to_pretty_name, &to_pretty_name_p); - warn("%s(%s+0x%lx): Section mismatch in reference from the %s %s%s to the %s %s:%s%s\n", - modname, fromsec, (long)r->r_offset, from_pretty_name, - fromsym_name, from_pretty_name_p, + warn("%s(%s+0x%lx): Section mismatch in reference to the %s %s:%s%s\n", + modname, fromsec, (long)r->r_offset, to_pretty_name, tosec, tosym_name, to_pretty_name_p); if (!match(tosec, mismatch->bad_tosec) && -- 2.39.2