On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 03:45:01PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> which we want to skip during modpost processing.  We need this to make
> some of the whitelisting work.

I have a popwerpc64 crosscompiler and would like to reproduce
this bug.
It is gcc 4.1.0 build with Dan Kegel's crosstool.

What config shall I use to try it out.
Can you please supply the exact warning message too.

Thanks,
        Sam

> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> ---
>  scripts/mod/modpost.c |   18 +++++++++++++++++-
>  1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> Cheers,
> Stephen Rothwell                    [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> index 113dc77..748b058 100644
> --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> @@ -164,7 +164,13 @@ static inline unsigned int tdb_hash(const char *name)
>  static struct symbol *alloc_symbol(const char *name, unsigned int weak,
>                                  struct symbol *next)
>  {
> -     struct symbol *s = NOFAIL(malloc(sizeof(*s) + strlen(name) + 1));
> +     struct symbol *s;
> +
> +     /* For our purposes, .foo matches foo.  PPC64 needs this. */
> +     if (name[0] == '.')
> +             name++;
> +
> +     s = NOFAIL(malloc(sizeof(*s) + strlen(name) + 1));
>  
>       memset(s, 0, sizeof(*s));
>       strcpy(s->name, name);
> @@ -180,6 +186,10 @@ static struct symbol *new_symbol(const char *name, 
> struct module *module,
>       unsigned int hash;
>       struct symbol *new;
>  
> +     /* For our purposes, .foo matches foo.  PPC64 needs this. */
> +     if (name[0] == '.')
> +             name++;
> +
>       hash = tdb_hash(name) % SYMBOL_HASH_SIZE;
>       new = symbolhash[hash] = alloc_symbol(name, 0, symbolhash[hash]);
>       new->module = module;
> @@ -684,6 +694,12 @@ static int secref_whitelist(const char *modname, const 
> char *tosec,
>               NULL
>       };
>  
> +     /* For our purposes, .foo matches foo.  PPC64 needs this. */
> +     if (atsym[0] == '.')
> +             atsym++;
> +     if (refsymname[0] == '.')
> +             refsymname++;
> +
>       /* Check for pattern 1 */
>       if (strcmp(tosec, ".init.data") != 0)
>               f1 = 0;
> -- 
> 1.5.1.4
> 
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