[PATCH 5/8] scripts: get_abi.pl: ignore some sysfs nodes earlier

[Mauro Carvalho Chehab]

When checking for undefined symbols, some nodes aren't easy
or don't make sense to be checked right now. Prevent allocating
memory for those, as they'll be ignored anyway.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 scripts/get_abi.pl | 16 ++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/get_abi.pl b/scripts/get_abi.pl
index 3c0063d0e05e..42eb16eb78e9 100755
--- a/scripts/get_abi.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_abi.pl
@@ -628,6 +628,14 @@ sub parse_existing_sysfs {
 	# Ignore cgroup and firmware
 	return if ($file =~ m#^/sys/(fs/cgroup|firmware)/#);
 
+	# Ignore some sysfs nodes
+	return if ($file =~ m#/(sections|notes)/#);
+
+	# Would need to check at
+	# Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt, but this
+	# is not easily parseable.
+	return if ($file =~ m#/parameters/#);
+
 	my $mode = (lstat($file))[2];
 	my $abs_file = abs_path($file);
 
@@ -709,14 +717,6 @@ sub check_undefined_symbols {
 
 		next if ($exact);
 
-		# Ignore some sysfs nodes
-		next if ($file =~ m#/(sections|notes)/#);
-
-		# Would need to check at
-		# Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt, but this
-		# is not easily parseable.
-		next if ($file =~ m#/parameters/#);
-
 		if ($hint && $defined && (!$search_string || $found_string)) {
 			$what =~ s/\xac/\n\t/g;
 			if ($leave ne "others") {
-- 
2.31.1