linux-kernel - [PATCH v6 08/20] modpost: remove is_shndx_special() check from section

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Message-Id: <20230521160426.1881124-9-masahiroy@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 22 May 2023 01:04:13 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v6 08/20] modpost: remove is_shndx_special() check from section_rel(a)

This check is unneeded. Without it, sec_name() will returns the null
string "", then section_mismatch() will return immediately.

Anyway, special section indices rarely appear in these loops.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
---

Changes in v6:
  - Remove is_shndx_special() definition

 scripts/mod/modpost.c | 16 ++++------------
 scripts/mod/modpost.h |  5 -----
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index f364738a236e..40fac4f64fcd 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1361,7 +1361,6 @@ static int addend_mips_rel(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Shdr *sechdr, Elf_Rela *r)
 static void section_rela(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
 			 Elf_Shdr *sechdr)
 {
-	Elf_Sym  *sym;
 	Elf_Rela *rela;
 	Elf_Rela r;
 	unsigned int r_sym;
@@ -1404,11 +1403,8 @@ static void section_rela(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
 				continue;
 			break;
 		}
-		sym = elf->symtab_start + r_sym;
-		/* Skip special sections */
-		if (is_shndx_special(sym->st_shndx))
-			continue;
-		check_section_mismatch(modname, elf, sym,
+
+		check_section_mismatch(modname, elf, elf->symtab_start + r_sym,
 				       fsecndx, fromsec, r.r_offset, r.r_addend);
 	}
 }
@@ -1416,7 +1412,6 @@ static void section_rela(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
 static void section_rel(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
 			Elf_Shdr *sechdr)
 {
-	Elf_Sym *sym;
 	Elf_Rel *rel;
 	Elf_Rela r;
 	unsigned int r_sym;
@@ -1463,11 +1458,8 @@ static void section_rel(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
 		default:
 			fatal("Please add code to calculate addend for this architecture\n");
 		}
-		sym = elf->symtab_start + r_sym;
-		/* Skip special sections */
-		if (is_shndx_special(sym->st_shndx))
-			continue;
-		check_section_mismatch(modname, elf, sym,
+
+		check_section_mismatch(modname, elf, elf->symtab_start + r_sym,
 				       fsecndx, fromsec, r.r_offset, r.r_addend);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.h b/scripts/mod/modpost.h
index 1178f40a73f3..b1e2d95f8047 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.h
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.h
@@ -151,11 +151,6 @@ struct elf_info {
 	Elf32_Word   *symtab_shndx_stop;
 };
 
-static inline int is_shndx_special(unsigned int i)
-{
-	return i != SHN_XINDEX && i >= SHN_LORESERVE && i <= SHN_HIRESERVE;
-}
-
 /* Accessor for sym->st_shndx, hides ugliness of "64k sections" */
 static inline unsigned int get_secindex(const struct elf_info *info,
 					const Elf_Sym *sym)
-- 
2.39.2