Re: [PATCH] module: Use binary search in lookup_symbol()

From: Rusty Russell
Date: Wed May 18 2011 - 19:35:56 EST


On Tue, 17 May 2011 21:18:26 +0200, Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 17.05.2011 05:52, Rusty Russell wrote:
> > On Mon, 16 May 2011 22:23:40 +0200, Alessio Igor Bogani<abogani@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> This work was supported by a hardware donation from the CE Linux Forum.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Alessio Igor Bogani<abogani@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> kernel/module.c | 6 ++----
> >> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
> >> index 6a34337..54355c5 100644
> >> --- a/kernel/module.c
> >> +++ b/kernel/module.c
> >> @@ -2055,10 +2055,8 @@ static const struct kernel_symbol *lookup_symbol(const char *name,
> >> const struct kernel_symbol *stop)
> >> {
> >> const struct kernel_symbol *ks = start;
> >> - for (; ks< stop; ks++)
> >> - if (strcmp(ks->name, name) == 0)
> >> - return ks;
> >> - return NULL;
> >> + return bsearch(name, start, stop - start,
> >> + sizeof(struct kernel_symbol), cmp_name);
> >> }
> >>
> >> static int is_exported(const char *name, unsigned long value,
> >
> > Applied.
>
> Sorry, but where have you applied it?

The -rr tree which goes to linux-next.

> With the version above we should get a warning
>
> kernel/module.c: In function 'lookup_symbol':
> kernel/module.c:1809: warning: unused variable 'ks'

Yep, fixed that up too, thanks.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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