linux-kernel - [PATCH, RFC] Fix bogus modpost warnings

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Date:	Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:32:11 +0200
From:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
To:	sam@...nborg.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH, RFC] Fix bogus modpost warnings

Trying to build the current kernel with gcc 4.4.0 will result in a large
number of apparently bogus warnings like these:

WARNING: crypto/cryptd.o (.text.T.349): unexpected section name.
The (.[number]+) following section name are ld generated and not expected.
Did you forget to use "ax"/"aw" in a .S file?
Note that for example <linux/init.h> contains
section definitions for use in .S files.

WARNING: drivers/block/pktcdvd.o (.text.T.772): unexpected section name.
The (.[number]+) following section name are ld generated and not expected.
Did you forget to use "ax"/"aw" in a .S file?
Note that for example <linux/init.h> contains
section definitions for use in .S files.

emitted by modpost.  This is because with -ffunction-sections gcc may now
generate some section names like .text.T.772 itself instead of like in
the past deriving those from the function's name like .text.ipgre_close.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
---

For now I see this patch as a proposal only.  I'm also not sure if with
this addition check there are still section names left for which the if
condition would ever be true.  Data sections maybe?

 scripts/mod/modpost.c |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 8d46ea7..13e801e 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -739,7 +739,8 @@ static int check_section(const char *modname, const char *sec)
 		/* consume all digits */
 		while (*e && e != sec && isdigit(*e))
 			e--;
-		if (*e == '.' && !strstr(sec, ".linkonce")) {
+		if (*e == '.' &&
+		    !strstr(sec, ".linkonce") && !strstr(sec, ".text")) {
 			warn("%s (%s): unexpected section name.\n"
 			     "The (.[number]+) following section name are "
 			     "ld generated and not expected.\n"
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