The patch titled
PowerPC64 symbols start with '.'
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
powerpc64-symbols-start-with.patch
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Subject: PowerPC64 symbols start with '.'
From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
which we want to skip during modpost processing. We need this to make some
of the whitelisting work.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/mod/modpost.c | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN scripts/mod/modpost.c~powerpc64-symbols-start-with scripts/mod/modpost.c
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c~powerpc64-symbols-start-with
+++ a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -164,7 +164,13 @@ static inline unsigned int tdb_hash(cons
static struct symbol *alloc_symbol(const char *name, unsigned int weak,
struct symbol *next)
{
- struct symbol *s = NOFAIL(malloc(sizeof(*s) + strlen(name) + 1));
+ struct symbol *s;
+
+ /* For our purposes, .foo matches foo. PPC64 needs this. */
+ if (name[0] == '.')
+ name++;
+
+ s = NOFAIL(malloc(sizeof(*s) + strlen(name) + 1));
memset(s, 0, sizeof(*s));
strcpy(s->name, name);
@@ -180,6 +186,10 @@ static struct symbol *new_symbol(const c
unsigned int hash;
struct symbol *new;
+ /* For our purposes, .foo matches foo. PPC64 needs this. */
+ if (name[0] == '.')
+ name++;
+
hash = tdb_hash(name) % SYMBOL_HASH_SIZE;
new = symbolhash[hash] = alloc_symbol(name, 0, symbolhash[hash]);
new->module = module;
@@ -684,6 +694,12 @@ static int secref_whitelist(const char *
NULL
};
+ /* For our purposes, .foo matches foo. PPC64 needs this. */
+ if (atsym[0] == '.')
+ atsym++;
+ if (refsymname[0] == '.')
+ refsymname++;
+
/* Check for pattern 1 */
if (strcmp(tosec, ".init.data") != 0)
f1 = 0;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
consolidate-asm-pollh.patch
powerpc64-symbols-start-with.patch
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