Simplify kallsyms_lookup()
Several kallsyms_lookup() pass dummy arguments but only need, say, module's
name. Make kallsyms_lookup() accept NULLs where possible.
Also, makes picture clearer about what interfaces are needed for all symbol
resolving business.
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@sw.ru>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/kernel/kallsyms.c b/kernel/kallsyms.c
index f1ea6f6..f66da02 100644
--- a/kernel/kallsyms.c
+++ b/kernel/kallsyms.c
@@ -214,8 +214,10 @@
symbol_end = (unsigned long)_etext;
}
- *symbolsize = symbol_end - symbol_start;
- *offset = addr - symbol_start;
+ if (symbolsize)
+ *symbolsize = symbol_end - symbol_start;
+ if (offset)
+ *offset = addr - symbol_start;
return low;
}