which we want to skip during modpost processing. We need this to make
some of the whitelisting work.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
scripts/mod/modpost.c | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
--
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 113dc77..748b058 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -164,7 +164,13 @@ static inline unsigned int tdb_hash(const char *name)
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 char *name, struct
module *module,
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 *modname, const
char *tosec,
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;
--
1.5.1.4
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