[PATCH] ARM:kernel: beautify code, rel->r_offset is __u32 which never< 0

From: Chen Gang
Date: Sat Mar 09 2013 - 20:52:34 EST



rel->r_offset is __u32 which never < 0.
it is defined in uapi/linux/elf.h

Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm/kernel/module.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/module.c b/arch/arm/kernel/module.c
index 1e9be5d..386086e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/module.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ apply_relocate(Elf32_Shdr *sechdrs, const char *strtab, unsigned int symindex,
sym = ((Elf32_Sym *)symsec->sh_addr) + offset;
symname = strtab + sym->st_name;

- if (rel->r_offset < 0 || rel->r_offset > dstsec->sh_size - sizeof(u32)) {
+ if (rel->r_offset > dstsec->sh_size - sizeof(u32)) {
pr_err("%s: section %u reloc %u sym '%s': out of bounds relocation, offset %d size %u\n",
module->name, relindex, i, symname,
rel->r_offset, dstsec->sh_size);
--
1.7.7.6
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