Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linus

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linus:
  params.c: Use new strtobool function to process boolean inputs
  debugfs: move to new strtobool
  Add a strtobool function matching semantics of existing in kernel equivalents
  modpost: Update 64k section support for binutils 2.18.50
  module: Use binary search in lookup_symbol()
  module: Use the binary search for symbols resolution
  lib: Add generic binary search function to the kernel.
  module: Sort exported symbols
  module: each_symbol_section instead of each_symbol
  module: split unset_section_ro_nx function.
  module: undo module RONX protection correctly.
  module: zero mod->init_ro_size after init is freed.
  minor ANSI prototype sparse fix
  module: reorder kparam_array to remove alignment padding on 64 bit builds
  module: remove 64 bit alignment padding from struct module with CONFIG_TRACE*
  module: do not hide __modver_version_show declaration behind ifdef
  module: deal with alignment issues in built-in module versions

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.h b/scripts/mod/modpost.h
index 0388cfccac8d..2031119080dc 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.h
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.h
@@ -145,33 +145,22 @@ static inline int is_shndx_special(unsigned int i)
 	return i != SHN_XINDEX && i >= SHN_LORESERVE && i <= SHN_HIRESERVE;
 }
 
-/* shndx is in [0..SHN_LORESERVE) U (SHN_HIRESERVE, 0xfffffff], thus:
- * shndx == 0               <=> sechdrs[0]
- * ......
- * shndx == SHN_LORESERVE-1 <=> sechdrs[SHN_LORESERVE-1]
- * shndx == SHN_HIRESERVE+1 <=> sechdrs[SHN_LORESERVE]
- * shndx == SHN_HIRESERVE+2 <=> sechdrs[SHN_LORESERVE+1]
- * ......
- * fyi: sym->st_shndx is uint16, SHN_LORESERVE = ff00, SHN_HIRESERVE = ffff,
- * so basically we map  0000..feff -> 0000..feff
- *                      ff00..ffff -> (you are a bad boy, dont do it)
- *                     10000..xxxx -> ff00..(xxxx-0x100)
+/*
+ * Move reserved section indices SHN_LORESERVE..SHN_HIRESERVE out of
+ * the way to -256..-1, to avoid conflicting with real section
+ * indices.
  */
-static inline unsigned int shndx2secindex(unsigned int i)
-{
-	if (i <= SHN_HIRESERVE)
-		return i;
-	return i - (SHN_HIRESERVE + 1 - SHN_LORESERVE);
-}
+#define SPECIAL(i) ((i) - (SHN_HIRESERVE + 1))
 
 /* Accessor for sym->st_shndx, hides ugliness of "64k sections" */
 static inline unsigned int get_secindex(const struct elf_info *info,
 					const Elf_Sym *sym)
 {
+	if (is_shndx_special(sym->st_shndx))
+		return SPECIAL(sym->st_shndx);
 	if (sym->st_shndx != SHN_XINDEX)
 		return sym->st_shndx;
-	return shndx2secindex(info->symtab_shndx_start[sym -
-						       info->symtab_start]);
+	return info->symtab_shndx_start[sym - info->symtab_start];
 }
 
 /* file2alias.c */