linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] objtool: Remove redundant section name comparison

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Message-ID: <20200414223357.tbc66fdok5nxb4if@treble>
Date:   Tue, 14 Apr 2020 17:33:57 -0500
From:   Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
To:     Muchun Song <songmuchun@...edance.com>
Cc:     peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] objtool: Remove redundant section name comparison

On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 10:44:05PM +0800, Muchun Song wrote:
> If the prefix of section name is not '.rodata', the following
> function call can never return 0.
> 
>     strcmp(sec->name, C_JUMP_TABLE_SECTION)
> 
> So the name comparison is pointless, just remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@...edance.com>

Thanks, added to the queue.

-- 
Josh