kbuild/modpost: improve warnings if symbol is unknown
If we cannot determine the symbol then print
(unknown) to hint the reader that we failed to
find the symbol.
This happens with REL relocation records
in arm object files.
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 5d54646..32e9d8f 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@
if (sym)
return elf->strtab + sym->st_name;
else
- return "";
+ return "(unknown)";
}
static const char *sec_name(struct elf_info *elf, int shndx)
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@
if (sym)
return ELF_ST_TYPE(sym->st_info) == STT_FUNC;
else
- return 0;
+ return -1;
}
/*
@@ -1120,10 +1120,17 @@
{
const char *from, *from_p;
const char *to, *to_p;
- from = from_is_func ? "function" : "variable";
- from_p = from_is_func ? "()" : "";
- to = to_is_func ? "function" : "variable";
- to_p = to_is_func ? "()" : "";
+
+ switch (from_is_func) {
+ case 0: from = "variable"; from_p = ""; break;
+ case 1: from = "function"; from_p = "()"; break;
+ default: from = "(unknown reference)"; from_p = ""; break;
+ }
+ switch (to_is_func) {
+ case 0: to = "variable"; to_p = ""; break;
+ case 1: to = "function"; to_p = "()"; break;
+ default: to = "(unknown reference)"; to_p = ""; break;
+ }
sec_mismatch_count++;
if (!sec_mismatch_verbose)
@@ -1137,7 +1144,7 @@
switch (mismatch) {
case TEXT_TO_INIT:
fprintf(stderr,
- "The function %s %s() references\n"
+ "The function %s%s() references\n"
"the %s %s%s%s.\n"
"This is often because %s lacks a %s\n"
"annotation or the annotation of %s is wrong.\n",