[PATCH] module: Remove a extra null character at the top of module->strtab.

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2012-11-28T01:23:35Z

From: Satoru Takeuchi <takeuchi_satoru@jp.fujitsu.com>

There is a extra null character('\0') at the top of module->strtab for
each module. Commit 59ef28b introduced this bug and this patch fixes it.

Live dump log of the current linus git kernel(HEAD is 2844a4870):
============================================================================
crash> mod | grep loop
ffffffffa01db0a0 loop 16689 (not loaded) [CONFIG_KALLSYMS]
crash> module.core_symtab ffffffffa01db0a0
core_symtab = 0xffffffffa01db320crash> rd 0xffffffffa01db320 12
ffffffffa01db320: 0000005500000001 0000000000000000 ....U...........
ffffffffa01db330: 0000000000000000 0002007400000002 ............t...
ffffffffa01db340: ffffffffa01d8000 0000000000000038 ........8.......
ffffffffa01db350: 001a00640000000e ffffffffa01daeb0 ....d...........
ffffffffa01db360: 00000000000000a0 0002007400000019 ............t...
ffffffffa01db370: ffffffffa01d8068 000000000000001b h...............
crash> module.core_strtab ffffffffa01db0a0
core_strtab = 0xffffffffa01dbb30 ""
crash> rd 0xffffffffa01dbb30 4
ffffffffa01dbb30: 615f70616d6b0000 66780063696d6f74 ..kmap_atomic.xf
ffffffffa01dbb40: 73636e75665f7265 72665f646e696600 er_funcs.find_fr
============================================================================

We expect Just first one byte of '\0', but actually first two bytes
are '\0'. Here is The relationship between symtab and strtab.

symtab_idx strtab_idx symbol
-----------------------------------------------
0 0x1 "\0" # startab_idx should be 0
1 0x2 "kmap_atomic"
2 0xe "xfer_funcs"
3 0x19 "find_fr..."

By applying this patch, it becomes as follows.

symtab_idx strtab_idx symbol
-----------------------------------------------
0 0x0 "\0" # extra byte is removed
1 0x1 "kmap_atomic"
2 0xd "xfer_funcs"
3 0x18 "find_fr..."

Signed-off-by: Satoru Takeuchi <takeuchi_satoru@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Masaki Kimura <masaki.kimura.kz@hitachi.com>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
kernel/module.c | 6 +-----
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 6e48c3a..7af5d5d 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2282,7 +2282,7 @@ static void layout_symtab(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
Elf_Shdr *symsect = info->sechdrs + info->index.sym;
Elf_Shdr *strsect = info->sechdrs + info->index.str;
const Elf_Sym *src;
- unsigned int i, nsrc, ndst, strtab_size;
+ unsigned int i, nsrc, ndst, strtab_size = 0;

/* Put symbol section at end of init part of module. */
symsect->sh_flags |= SHF_ALLOC;
@@ -2293,9 +2293,6 @@ static void layout_symtab(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
src = (void *)info->hdr + symsect->sh_offset;
nsrc = symsect->sh_size / sizeof(*src);

- /* strtab always starts with a nul, so offset 0 is the empty string. */
- strtab_size = 1;
-
/* Compute total space required for the core symbols' strtab. */
for (ndst = i = 0; i < nsrc; i++) {
if (i == 0 ||
@@ -2337,7 +2334,6 @@ static void add_kallsyms(struct module *mod, const struct load_info *info)
mod->core_symtab = dst = mod->module_core + info->symoffs;
mod->core_strtab = s = mod->module_core + info->stroffs;
src = mod->symtab;
- *s++ = 0;
for (ndst = i = 0; i < mod->num_symtab; i++) {
if (i == 0 ||
is_core_symbol(src+i, info->sechdrs, info->hdr->e_shnum)) {
-- 1.7.2.5