[RFC][PATCH v5 37/51] objtool: mcount: Simplify mcount name matching

[Matt Helsley]

Setting altmcount only when processing ARM ELF files is
not necessary -- we can make the code easier to read
by always checking for the string.

Signed-off-by: Matt Helsley <mhelsley@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/objtool/mcount.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/mcount.c b/tools/objtool/mcount.c
index ff52697613b1..7e621769c488 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/mcount.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/mcount.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 #define R_ARM_THM_CALL		10
 
 static char gpfx;	/* prefix for global symbol name (sometimes '_') */
-static const char *altmcount;	/* alternate mcount symbol name */
 extern int warn_on_notrace_sect; /* warn when section has mcount not being recorded */
 
 static struct elf *lf;
@@ -173,7 +172,7 @@ static struct symbol *get_mcount_sym(struct reloc *reloc)
 	if (symname[0] == '.')
 		++symname;  /* ppc64 hack */
 	if (strcmp(mcount, symname) == 0 ||
-	    (altmcount && strcmp(altmcount, symname) == 0) ||
+	    (strcmp("__gnu_mcount_nc", symname) == 0) ||
 	    (strcmp(fentry, symname) == 0))
 		return sym;
 	return NULL;
@@ -567,7 +566,6 @@ static int do_file(char const *const fname)
 		break;
 	case EM_ARM:
 		reltype = R_ARM_ABS32;
-		altmcount = "__gnu_mcount_nc";
 		make_nop = make_nop_arm;
 		rel_type_nop = R_ARM_NONE;
 		is_fake_mcount = arm_is_fake_mcount;
-- 
2.20.1