Merge branch 'rc-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild

Pull build system failure fix from Michal Marek:
 "This fixes build failure with newer gcc that adds some internal
  symbols that end in "__mod_*_device_table", but are not actually the
  tables themselves."

* 'rc-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild:
  Fix modpost failures in fedora 17

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
index 8e730ccc3f2b..44ddaa542db6 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
@@ -1100,6 +1100,10 @@ void handle_moddevtable(struct module *mod, struct elf_info *info,
         if (!sym->st_shndx || get_secindex(info, sym) >= info->num_sections)
                 return;
 
+        /* We're looking for an object */
+        if (ELF_ST_TYPE(sym->st_info) != STT_OBJECT)
+                return;
+
         /* All our symbols are of form <prefix>__mod_XXX_device_table. */
         name = strstr(symname, "__mod_");
         if (!name)