linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/5] modpost: refactor check_sec

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Message-Id: <20231007170448.505487-4-masahiroy@kernel.org>
Date:   Sun,  8 Oct 2023 02:04:47 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] modpost: refactor check_sec_ref()

We can replace &elf->sechdrs[i] with &sechdrs[i] to slightly shorten
the code because we already have the local variable 'sechdrs'.

However, defining 'sechdr' instead shortens the code further.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
---

 scripts/mod/modpost.c | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 99476a9695c5..441d57ee3275 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1518,16 +1518,17 @@ static void section_rel(struct module *mod, struct elf_info *elf,
 static void check_sec_ref(struct module *mod, struct elf_info *elf)
 {
 	int i;
-	Elf_Shdr *sechdrs = elf->sechdrs;
 
 	/* Walk through all sections */
 	for (i = 0; i < elf->num_sections; i++) {
-		check_section(mod->name, elf, &elf->sechdrs[i]);
+		Elf_Shdr *sechdr = &elf->sechdrs[i];
+
+		check_section(mod->name, elf, sechdr);
 		/* We want to process only relocation sections and not .init */
-		if (sechdrs[i].sh_type == SHT_RELA)
-			section_rela(mod, elf, &elf->sechdrs[i]);
-		else if (sechdrs[i].sh_type == SHT_REL)
-			section_rel(mod, elf, &elf->sechdrs[i]);
+		if (sechdr->sh_type == SHT_RELA)
+			section_rela(mod, elf, sechdr);
+		else if (sechdr->sh_type == SHT_REL)
+			section_rel(mod, elf, sechdr);
 	}
 }
 
-- 
2.39.2