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-rw-r--r--scripts/mod/modpost.c21
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 1c2101bf63d2..91ee1b2e0f9a 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -908,6 +908,9 @@ static const char *const init_sections[] = { ALL_INIT_SECTIONS, NULL };
static const char *const init_exit_sections[] =
{ALL_INIT_SECTIONS, ALL_EXIT_SECTIONS, NULL };
+/* all text sections */
+static const char *const text_sections[] = { ALL_TEXT_SECTIONS, NULL };
+
/* data section */
static const char *const data_sections[] = { DATA_SECTIONS, NULL };
@@ -926,6 +929,7 @@ static const char *const data_sections[] = { DATA_SECTIONS, NULL };
static const char *const head_sections[] = { ".head.text*", NULL };
static const char *const linker_symbols[] =
{ "__init_begin", "_sinittext", "_einittext", NULL };
+static const char *const optim_symbols[] = { "*.constprop.*", NULL };
enum mismatch {
TEXT_TO_ANY_INIT,
@@ -1136,6 +1140,17 @@ static const struct sectioncheck *section_mismatch(
* This pattern is identified by
* refsymname = __init_begin, _sinittext, _einittext
*
+ * Pattern 5:
+ * GCC may optimize static inlines when fed constant arg(s) resulting
+ * in functions like cpumask_empty() -- generating an associated symbol
+ * cpumask_empty.constprop.3 that appears in the audit. If the const that
+ * is passed in comes from __init, like say nmi_ipi_mask, we get a
+ * meaningless section warning. May need to add isra symbols too...
+ * This pattern is identified by
+ * tosec = init section
+ * fromsec = text section
+ * refsymname = *.constprop.*
+ *
**/
static int secref_whitelist(const struct sectioncheck *mismatch,
const char *fromsec, const char *fromsym,
@@ -1168,6 +1183,12 @@ static int secref_whitelist(const struct sectioncheck *mismatch,
if (match(tosym, linker_symbols))
return 0;
+ /* Check for pattern 5 */
+ if (match(fromsec, text_sections) &&
+ match(tosec, init_sections) &&
+ match(fromsym, optim_symbols))
+ return 0;
+
return 1;
}