modpost: remove get_prettyname()

This is the last user of get_pretty_name() - it is just used to
distinguish whether the symbol is a function or not. It is not
valuable information.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
This commit is contained in:
Masahiro Yamada 2023-05-15 00:27:21 +09:00
parent 6c90d36be3
commit 6691e6f5fc

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@ -1207,23 +1207,6 @@ static Elf_Sym *find_elf_symbol2(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Addr addr,
return near;
}
static int is_function(Elf_Sym *sym)
{
if (sym)
return ELF_ST_TYPE(sym->st_info) == STT_FUNC;
else
return -1;
}
static inline void get_pretty_name(int is_func, const char** name, const char** name_p)
{
switch (is_func) {
case 0: *name = "variable"; *name_p = ""; break;
case 1: *name = "function"; *name_p = "()"; break;
default: *name = "(unknown reference)"; *name_p = ""; break;
}
}
/*
* Print a warning about a section mismatch.
* Try to find symbols near it so user can find it.
@ -1299,15 +1282,9 @@ static void report_extable_warnings(const char* modname, struct elf_info* elf,
{
Elf_Sym* tosym = find_elf_symbol(elf, r->r_addend, sym);
const char* tosym_name = sym_name(elf, tosym);
const char* to_pretty_name;
const char* to_pretty_name_p;
get_pretty_name(is_function(tosym),
&to_pretty_name, &to_pretty_name_p);
warn("%s(%s+0x%lx): Section mismatch in reference to the %s %s:%s%s\n",
modname, fromsec, (long)r->r_offset,
to_pretty_name, tosec, tosym_name, to_pretty_name_p);
warn("%s(%s+0x%lx): Section mismatch in reference to the %s:%s\n",
modname, fromsec, (long)r->r_offset, tosec, tosym_name);
if (!match(tosec, mismatch->bad_tosec) &&
is_executable_section(elf, get_secindex(elf, sym)))