1 files changed, 16 insertions, 40 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 730b321680cd..7dfd0395c5b0 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -938,20 +938,16 @@ static inline int is_valid_name(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Sym *sym)
  * The ELF format may have a better way to detect what type of symbol
  * it is, but this works for now.
  **/
-static void find_symbols_between(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Addr addr,
-                                 const char *sec,
-                                 Elf_Sym **before, Elf_Sym **after)
+static Elf_Sym *find_elf_symbol2(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Addr addr,
+                                 const char *sec)
 {
         Elf_Sym *sym;
+        Elf_Sym *near = NULL;
         Elf_Ehdr *hdr = elf->hdr;
-        Elf_Addr beforediff = ~0;
-        Elf_Addr afterdiff = ~0;
+        Elf_Addr distance = ~0;
         const char *secstrings = (void *)hdr +
                                  elf->sechdrs[hdr->e_shstrndx].sh_offset;
 
-        *before = NULL;
-        *after = NULL;
-
         for (sym = elf->symtab_start; sym < elf->symtab_stop; sym++) {
                 const char *symsec;
 
@@ -963,20 +959,15 @@ static void find_symbols_between(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Addr addr,
                 if (!is_valid_name(elf, sym))
                         continue;
                 if (sym->st_value <= addr) {
-                        if ((addr - sym->st_value) < beforediff) {
-                                beforediff = addr - sym->st_value;
-                                *before = sym;
-                        } else if ((addr - sym->st_value) == beforediff) {
-                                *before = sym;
+                        if ((addr - sym->st_value) < distance) {
+                                distance = addr - sym->st_value;
+                                near = sym;
+                        } else if ((addr - sym->st_value) == distance) {
+                                near = sym;
                         }
-                } else {
-                        if ((sym->st_value - addr) < afterdiff) {
-                                afterdiff = sym->st_value - addr;
-                                *after = sym;
-                        } else if ((sym->st_value - addr) == afterdiff)
-                                *after = sym;
                 }
         }
+        return near;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -988,7 +979,7 @@ static void warn_sec_mismatch(const char *modname, const char *fromsec,
                               struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Sym *sym, Elf_Rela r)
 {
         const char *refsymname = "";
-        Elf_Sym *before, *after;
+        Elf_Sym *where;
         Elf_Sym *refsym;
         Elf_Ehdr *hdr = elf->hdr;
         Elf_Shdr *sechdrs = elf->sechdrs;
@@ -996,7 +987,7 @@ static void warn_sec_mismatch(const char *modname, const char *fromsec,
                                  sechdrs[hdr->e_shstrndx].sh_offset;
         const char *secname = secstrings + sechdrs[sym->st_shndx].sh_name;
 
-        find_symbols_between(elf, r.r_offset, fromsec, &before, &after);
+        where = find_elf_symbol2(elf, r.r_offset, fromsec);
 
         refsym = find_elf_symbol(elf, r.r_addend, sym);
         if (refsym && strlen(elf->strtab + refsym->st_name))
@@ -1004,30 +995,15 @@ static void warn_sec_mismatch(const char *modname, const char *fromsec,
 
         /* check whitelist - we may ignore it */
         if (secref_whitelist(modname, secname, fromsec,
-                             before ? elf->strtab + before->st_name : "",
+                             where ? elf->strtab + where->st_name : "",
                              refsymname))
                 return;
 
-        if (before && after) {
-                warn("%s(%s+0x%llx): Section mismatch: reference to %s:%s "
-                     "(between '%s' and '%s')\n",
-                     modname, fromsec, (unsigned long long)r.r_offset,
-                     secname, refsymname,
-                     elf->strtab + before->st_name,
-                     elf->strtab + after->st_name);
-        } else if (before) {
-                warn("%s(%s+0x%llx): Section mismatch: reference to %s:%s "
-                     "(after '%s')\n",
-                     modname, fromsec, (unsigned long long)r.r_offset,
-                     secname, refsymname,
-                     elf->strtab + before->st_name);
-        } else if (after) {
+        if (where) {
                 warn("%s(%s+0x%llx): Section mismatch: reference to %s:%s "
-                     "before '%s' (at offset -0x%llx)\n",
+                     "in '%s'\n",
                      modname, fromsec, (unsigned long long)r.r_offset,
-                     secname, refsymname,
-                     elf->strtab + after->st_name,
-                     (unsigned long long)r.r_offset);
+                     secname, refsymname, elf->strtab + where->st_name);
         } else {
                 warn("%s(%s+0x%llx): Section mismatch: reference to %s:%s\n",
                      modname, fromsec, (unsigned long long)r.r_offset,