[PATCH v3 12/15] modpost: simplify the ->is_static initialization

Masahiro Yamada masahiroy at kernel.org
Thu May 5 17:22:41 AEST 2022


->is_static is set to true at allocation, then to false if the symbol
comes from the dump file.

It is simpler to use !mod->from_dump as the init value.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy at kernel.org>
---

(no changes since v2)

Changes in v2:
  - New patch

 scripts/mod/modpost.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index e07542a90fc6..4edd5b223f49 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ static struct symbol *alloc_symbol(const char *name)
 
 	memset(s, 0, sizeof(*s));
 	strcpy(s->name, name);
-	s->is_static = true;
+
 	return s;
 }
 
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ static struct symbol *sym_add_exported(const char *name, struct module *mod,
 
 	s = alloc_symbol(name);
 	s->module = mod;
+	s->is_static = !mod->from_dump;
 	s->is_gpl_only = gpl_only;
 	list_add_tail(&s->list, &mod->exported_symbols);
 	hash_add_symbol(s);
@@ -2523,7 +2524,6 @@ static void read_dump(const char *fname)
 			mod->from_dump = true;
 		}
 		s = sym_add_exported(symname, mod, gpl_only);
-		s->is_static = false;
 		sym_set_crc(s, crc);
 		sym_update_namespace(symname, namespace);
 	}
-- 
2.32.0



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