[PATCH v5 03/21] modpost: remove get_prettyname()

Masahiro Yamada
2023-05-14T15:28:00Z

This is the last user of get_pretty_name() - it is just used to
distinguish whether the symbol is a function or not. It is not
valuable information.

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

scripts/mod/modpost.c | 27 ++-------------------------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index bbe066f7adbc..371891d67175 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1207,23 +1207,6 @@ static Elf_Sym *find_elf_symbol2(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Addr addr,
return near;
}

-static int is_function(Elf_Sym *sym)
-{
- if (sym)
- return ELF_ST_TYPE(sym->st_info) == STT_FUNC;
- else
- return -1;
-}
-
-static inline void get_pretty_name(int is_func, const char** name, const char** name_p)
-{
- switch (is_func) {
- case 0: *name = "variable"; *name_p = ""; break;
- case 1: *name = "function"; *name_p = "()"; break;
- default: *name = "(unknown reference)"; *name_p = ""; break;
- }
-}
-
/*
* Print a warning about a section mismatch.
* Try to find symbols near it so user can find it.
@@ -1299,15 +1282,9 @@ static void report_extable_warnings(const char* modname, struct elf_info* elf,
{
Elf_Sym* tosym = find_elf_symbol(elf, r->r_addend, sym);
const char* tosym_name = sym_name(elf, tosym);
- const char* to_pretty_name;
- const char* to_pretty_name_p;

- get_pretty_name(is_function(tosym),
- &to_pretty_name, &to_pretty_name_p);
-
- warn("%s(%s+0x%lx): Section mismatch in reference to the %s %s:%s%s\n",
- modname, fromsec, (long)r->r_offset,
- to_pretty_name, tosec, tosym_name, to_pretty_name_p);
+ warn("%s(%s+0x%lx): Section mismatch in reference to the %s:%s\n",
+ modname, fromsec, (long)r->r_offset, tosec, tosym_name);

if (!match(tosec, mismatch->bad_tosec) &&
is_executable_section(elf, get_secindex(elf, sym)))
--
2.39.2