Re: [PATCH v9] kallsyms: Add self-test facility

[Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>]

On Dez 15 2022, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

> Changing:
>
>     --- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/string.h
>     +++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/string.h
>     @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static inline char *strncpy(char *dest, const
> char *src, size_t n)
>      #define __HAVE_ARCH_STRCMP
>      static inline int strcmp(const char *cs, const char *ct)
>      {
>     -       char res;
>     +       signed char res;
>
>             asm ("\n"
>                     "1:     move.b  (%0)+,%2\n"     /* get *cs */

Note that strcmp needs to compute the return value from the difference
of the _unsigned_ characters.  That does not explain the error, though,
since symbol names don't have characters with the high bit set.

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