linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] module: correctly exit module_kallsyms_on_each

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Date:   Thu, 20 May 2021 16:39:43 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>
To:     Jon Mediero <jmdr@...root.org>
cc:     Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>, Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] module: correctly exit module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol
 when fn() != 0

On Thu, 20 May 2021, Jon Mediero wrote:

> Commit 013c1667cf78 ("kallsyms: refactor
> {,module_}kallsyms_on_each_symbol") replaced the return inside the
> nested loop with a break, changing the semantics of the function: the
> break only exits the innermost loop, so the code continues iterating the
> symbols of the next module instead of exiting.
> 
> Fixes: 013c1667cf78 ("kallsyms: refactor {,module_}kallsyms_on_each_symbol")
> Signed-off-by: Jon Mediero <jmdr@...root.org>

Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>

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