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

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Date:   Wed, 26 May 2021 14:58:39 +0200
From:   Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>
To:     Jon Mediero <jmdr@...root.org>
Cc:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>, Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] module: correctly exit module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol
 when fn() != 0

+++ Jon Mediero [20/05/21 14:23 +0200]:
>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>

Good catch, thanks a lot for the fix! Applied to modules-next.

Jessica