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-rw-r--r--scripts/mod/modpost.c13
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 1ce655dde99e..b16044002d91 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1033,6 +1033,13 @@ static const struct sectioncheck *section_mismatch(
* 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 @@ static int secref_whitelist(const struct sectioncheck *mismatch,
(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) &&