kernel/extable.c: use address-of operator on section symbols
authorNathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>
Tue, 7 Apr 2020 03:09:27 +0000 (20:09 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 7 Apr 2020 17:43:42 +0000 (10:43 -0700)
commit63174f61dfaef58dc0e813eaf6602636794f8942
tree3841cec5ccba9026f523a401b16b159d4eaf8eca
parent06e85c7e9a1c1356038936566fc23f7c0d363b96
kernel/extable.c: use address-of operator on section symbols

Clang warns:

../kernel/extable.c:37:52: warning: array comparison always evaluates to
a constant [-Wtautological-compare]
        if (main_extable_sort_needed && __stop___ex_table > __start___ex_table) {
                                                          ^
1 warning generated.

These are not true arrays, they are linker defined symbols, which are just
addresses.  Using the address of operator silences the warning and does
not change the resulting assembly with either clang/ld.lld or gcc/ld
(tested with diff + objdump -Dr).

Suggested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/892
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200219202036.45702-1-natechancellor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
kernel/extable.c