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authorMarcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@toradex.com>2020-05-19 23:01:26 +0200
committerMarcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@toradex.com>2020-05-19 23:37:01 +0200
commit2ae782ca839e0ee07de37122ddea362adff2e975 (patch)
treedf6b1a190760f51465122ca4c13492d5ac5984c6 /scripts/mod/modpost.c
parent0a8ab17689e628c84a666195bfc6ab85d11cf057 (diff)
parent0661b3d6cfd774e28a2e2ba90a3d87479e5c399b (diff)
Merge tag 'v4.9.220' into 4.9-2.3.x-imx
This is the 4.9.220 stable release Conflicts: arch/arm/Kconfig.debug arch/arm/boot/dts/imx7s.dtsi arch/arm/mach-imx/common.h arch/arm/mach-imx/cpuidle-imx6q.c arch/arm/mach-imx/cpuidle-imx6sx.c arch/arm/mach-imx/suspend-imx6.S block/blk-core.c drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg.c drivers/crypto/mxs-dcp.c drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511_drv.c drivers/input/keyboard/imx_keypad.c drivers/input/keyboard/snvs_pwrkey.c drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c drivers/net/can/flexcan.c drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c drivers/tty/serial/imx.c drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c drivers/usb/host/xhci.c include/linux/blkdev.h include/linux/cpu.h include/linux/platform_data/dma-imx-sdma.h kernel/cpu.c net/wireless/util.c sound/soc/fsl/Kconfig sound/soc/fsl/fsl_esai.c sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.c sound/soc/fsl/imx-sgtl5000.c
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/mod/modpost.c')
-rw-r--r--scripts/mod/modpost.c12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index fdf5bbfd00cd..9abcdf2e8dfe 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1157,6 +1157,14 @@ static const struct sectioncheck *section_mismatch(
* fromsec = text section
* refsymname = *.constprop.*
*
+ * Pattern 6:
+ * Hide section mismatch warnings for ELF local symbols. The goal
+ * is to eliminate false positive modpost warnings caused by
+ * compiler-generated ELF local symbol names such as ".LANCHOR1".
+ * Autogenerated symbol names bypass modpost's "Pattern 2"
+ * whitelisting, which relies on pattern-matching against symbol
+ * names to work. (One situation where gcc can autogenerate ELF
+ * local symbols is when "-fsection-anchors" is used.)
**/
static int secref_whitelist(const struct sectioncheck *mismatch,
const char *fromsec, const char *fromsym,
@@ -1195,6 +1203,10 @@ static int secref_whitelist(const struct sectioncheck *mismatch,
match(fromsym, optim_symbols))
return 0;
+ /* Check for pattern 6 */
+ if (strstarts(fromsym, ".L"))
+ return 0;
+
return 1;
}