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* [PATCH] ARM: module: Drop 'rel->r_offset < 0' always false statement
@ 2019-09-11  4:54 Austin Kim
  2019-09-11  9:40 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Austin Kim @ 2019-09-11  4:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux, allison, info, matthias.schiffer
  Cc: austindh.kim, linux-kernel, linux-arm-kernel

Since rel->r_offset is declared as Elf32_Addr,
this value is always non-negative.
typedef struct elf32_rel {
	  Elf32_Addr	r_offset;
	    Elf32_Word	r_info;
} Elf32_Rel;

typedef __u32	Elf32_Addr;
typedef unsigned int __u32;

Drop 'rel->r_offset < 0' statement which is always false.

Signed-off-by: Austin Kim <austindh.kim@gmail.com>
---
 arch/arm/kernel/module.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/module.c b/arch/arm/kernel/module.c
index deef17f..0921ce7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/module.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ apply_relocate(Elf32_Shdr *sechdrs, const char *strtab, unsigned int symindex,
 		sym = ((Elf32_Sym *)symsec->sh_addr) + offset;
 		symname = strtab + sym->st_name;
 
-		if (rel->r_offset < 0 || rel->r_offset > dstsec->sh_size - sizeof(u32)) {
+		if (rel->r_offset > dstsec->sh_size - sizeof(u32)) {
 			pr_err("%s: section %u reloc %u sym '%s': out of bounds relocation, offset %d size %u\n",
 			       module->name, relindex, i, symname,
 			       rel->r_offset, dstsec->sh_size);
-- 
2.6.2


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