[PATCH] x86, relocs: avoid calling qsort() with NULL pointer

From: Markus Trippelsdorf
Date: Wed Nov 13 2013 - 08:43:59 EST


Current gcc trunk inserts a trap into arch/x86/tools/relocs:

% arch/x86/tools/relocs --realmode arch/x86/realmode/rm/realmode.elf
[1] 31456 illegal hardware instruction arch/x86/tools/relocs --realmode arch/x86/realmode/rm/realmode.elf

This happens because in the case of ELF_BITS==32 qsort is called with a
NULL pointer.

Signed-off-by: Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
index f7bab68a4b83..592abb938de7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
@@ -976,7 +976,8 @@ static void emit_relocs(int as_text, int use_real_mode)
/* Order the relocations for more efficient processing */
sort_relocs(&relocs16);
sort_relocs(&relocs32);
- sort_relocs(&relocs64);
+ if (ELF_BITS == 64)
+ sort_relocs(&relocs64);

/* Print the relocations */
if (as_text) {
--
Markus
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