Pull altix-mmr into release branch

[linux-2.6] / scripts / mod / modpost.c

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 9b9f94c915d234365c14444872c5ea5e1163bd6d..3bed09e625c0b52c8d52f762af6ee6dfd7c86cba 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -359,12 +359,23 @@ handle_modversions(struct module *mod, struct elf_info *info,
                /* ignore __this_module, it will be resolved shortly */
                if (strcmp(symname, MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX "__this_module") == 0)
                        break;
-#ifdef STT_REGISTER
+/* cope with newer glibc (2.3.4 or higher) STT_ definition in elf.h */
+#if defined(STT_REGISTER) || defined(STT_SPARC_REGISTER)
+/* add compatibility with older glibc */
+#ifndef STT_SPARC_REGISTER
+#define STT_SPARC_REGISTER STT_REGISTER
+#endif
                if (info->hdr->e_machine == EM_SPARC ||
                    info->hdr->e_machine == EM_SPARCV9) {
                        /* Ignore register directives. */
-                       if (ELF_ST_TYPE(sym->st_info) == STT_REGISTER)
+                       if (ELF_ST_TYPE(sym->st_info) == STT_SPARC_REGISTER)
                                break;
+                       if (symname[0] == '.') {
+                               char *munged = strdup(symname);
+                               munged[0] = '_';
+                               munged[1] = toupper(munged[1]);
+                               symname = munged;
+                       }
                }
 #endif