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authorMark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>2019-02-03 19:03:26 +0100
committerMark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>2019-02-28 22:19:03 +0100
commit92ded1f11c0622cd9e1943bb85e1bdbdc4fb4802 (patch)
tree36e86e70cd9273813142b7b0ff85d13a2b8542e8 /libdwfl
parentff7fe986679b0811591ef6e40cf485fa9f037e07 (diff)
downloadelfutils-92ded1f11c0622cd9e1943bb85e1bdbdc4fb4802.tar.gz
libdwfl: Initialize notes early in intuit_kernel_bounds.
We fake initialization of notes with an empty asm statement. But it is simpler and less confusing to just initialize notes just before the fopen. Signed-off-by: Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'libdwfl')
-rw-r--r--libdwfl/ChangeLog6
-rw-r--r--libdwfl/linux-kernel-modules.c7
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/libdwfl/ChangeLog b/libdwfl/ChangeLog
index 04cadb43..95dc426b 100644
--- a/libdwfl/ChangeLog
+++ b/libdwfl/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2019-02-24 Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>
+
+ * linux-kernel-modules.c (intuit_kernel_bounds): Init *notes before
+ fopen.
+ (dwfl_linux_kernel_report_kernel): Remove fake note init empty asm.
+
2019-01-25 Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>
* linux-proc-maps.c (proc_maps_report): Use PRIu64, not PRIi64, to
diff --git a/libdwfl/linux-kernel-modules.c b/libdwfl/linux-kernel-modules.c
index 360e4ee9..d46ab5aa 100644
--- a/libdwfl/linux-kernel-modules.c
+++ b/libdwfl/linux-kernel-modules.c
@@ -493,14 +493,14 @@ intuit_kernel_bounds (Dwarf_Addr *start, Dwarf_Addr *end, Dwarf_Addr *notes)
{
struct read_address_state state = { NULL, NULL, 0, 0, NULL, NULL };
+ *notes = 0;
+
state.f = fopen (KSYMSFILE, "r");
if (state.f == NULL)
return errno;
(void) __fsetlocking (state.f, FSETLOCKING_BYCALLER);
- *notes = 0;
-
int result;
do
result = read_address (&state, start) ? 0 : -1;
@@ -695,9 +695,6 @@ dwfl_linux_kernel_report_kernel (Dwfl *dwfl)
/* Try to figure out the bounds of the kernel image without
looking for any vmlinux file. */
Dwarf_Addr notes;
- /* The compiler cannot deduce that if intuit_kernel_bounds returns
- zero NOTES will be initialized. Fake the initialization. */
- asm ("" : "=m" (notes));
int result = intuit_kernel_bounds (&start, &end, &notes);
if (result == 0)
{