Simplify kallsyms_lookup()
Several kallsyms_lookup() pass dummy arguments but only need, say, module's
name. Make kallsyms_lookup() accept NULLs where possible.
Also, makes picture clearer about what interfaces are needed for all symbol
resolving business.
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@sw.ru>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 5ee6599..bf4dcca 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2098,8 +2098,10 @@
if (!best)
return NULL;
- *size = nextval - mod->symtab[best].st_value;
- *offset = addr - mod->symtab[best].st_value;
+ if (size)
+ *size = nextval - mod->symtab[best].st_value;
+ if (offset)
+ *offset = addr - mod->symtab[best].st_value;
return mod->strtab + mod->symtab[best].st_name;
}