param: silence .init.text references from param ops
Ideally, we'd check that it was only the "set" function which was __init,
and that the permissions were r/o. But that's a little hard.
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Tested-by: Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@nokia.com>
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 1ce655d..b160440 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1033,6 +1033,13 @@
* fromsec = .data*
* atsym =__param*
*
+ * Pattern 1a:
+ * module_param_call() ops can refer to __init set function if permissions=0
+ * The pattern is identified by:
+ * tosec = .init.text
+ * fromsec = .data*
+ * atsym = __param_ops_*
+ *
* Pattern 2:
* Many drivers utilise a *driver container with references to
* add, remove, probe functions etc.
@@ -1067,6 +1074,12 @@
(strncmp(fromsym, "__param", strlen("__param")) == 0))
return 0;
+ /* Check for pattern 1a */
+ if (strcmp(tosec, ".init.text") == 0 &&
+ match(fromsec, data_sections) &&
+ (strncmp(fromsym, "__param_ops_", strlen("__param_ops_")) == 0))
+ return 0;
+
/* Check for pattern 2 */
if (match(tosec, init_exit_sections) &&
match(fromsec, data_sections) &&