[PATCH v9 01/15] modpost: fix removing numeric suffixes

Alexander Lobakin
2021-12-23T00:23:41Z

For now, that condition from remove_dot():

if (m && (s[n + m] == '.' || s[n + m] == 0))

which was designed to test if it's a dot or a \0 after the suffix
is never satisfied.
This is due to that s[n + m] always points to the last digit of a
numeric suffix, not on the symbol next to it:

param_set_uint.0, s[n + m] is '0', s[n + m + 1] is '\0'

So it's off by one and was like that since 2014.

`-z uniq-symbol` linker flag which we are planning to use to
simplify livepatching brings numeric suffixes back, fix this.
Otherwise:

ERROR: modpost: "param_set_uint.0" [vmlinux] is a static EXPORT_SYMBOL

Fixes: fcd38ed0ff26 ("scripts: modpost: fix compilation warning")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.17+
Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin <alexandr.lobakin@intel.com>
---
scripts/mod/modpost.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index cb8ab7d91d30..ccc6d35580f2 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1971,7 +1971,7 @@ static char *remove_dot(char *s)

if (n && s[n]) {
size_t m = strspn(s + n + 1, "0123456789");
- if (m && (s[n + m] == '.' || s[n + m] == 0))
+ if (m && (s[n + m + 1] == '.' || s[n + m + 1] == 0))
s[n] = 0;

/* strip trailing .lto */
--
2.33.1