Merge branch 'rc-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild
Pull build system failure fix from Michal Marek:
"This fixes build failure with newer gcc that adds some internal
symbols that end in "__mod_*_device_table", but are not actually the
tables themselves."
* 'rc-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild:
Fix modpost failures in fedora 17
diff --git a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
index 8e730cc..44ddaa5 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
@@ -1100,6 +1100,10 @@
if (!sym->st_shndx || get_secindex(info, sym) >= info->num_sections)
return;
+ /* We're looking for an object */
+ if (ELF_ST_TYPE(sym->st_info) != STT_OBJECT)
+ return;
+
/* All our symbols are of form <prefix>__mod_XXX_device_table. */
name = strstr(symname, "__mod_");
if (!name)