[PATCH 5.4 80/99] lib/dynamic_debug.c: use address-of operator on section symbols

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From: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx>

commit 8306b057a85ec07482da5d4b99d5c0b47af69be1 upstream.

Clang warns:

../lib/dynamic_debug.c:1034:24: warning: array comparison always
evaluates to false [-Wtautological-compare]
        if (__start___verbose == __stop___verbose) {
                              ^
1 warning generated.

These are not true arrays, they are linker defined symbols, which are just
addresses.  Using the address of operator silences the warning and does
not change the resulting assembly with either clang/ld.lld or gcc/ld
(tested with diff + objdump -Dr).

Suggested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/894
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200220051320.10739-1-natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 lib/dynamic_debug.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ static int __init dynamic_debug_init(voi
 	int n = 0, entries = 0, modct = 0;
 	int verbose_bytes = 0;
 
-	if (__start___verbose == __stop___verbose) {
+	if (&__start___verbose == &__stop___verbose) {
 		pr_warn("_ddebug table is empty in a CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG build\n");
 		return 1;
 	}





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