[PATCH] [ARM] module: remove redundant 'less than zero' check
Liu Xue
liuxueliu.liu at huawei.com
Mon May 12 00:25:07 PDT 2014
rel->r_offset is an 'unsigned int' so there is no
reason to check if the value is less than zero.
Signed-off-by: Xue Liu <liuxueliu.liu at huawei.com>
---
arch/arm/kernel/module.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/module.c b/arch/arm/kernel/module.c
index a103464..a88343b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/module.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ 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);
--
1.8.3.4
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