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-rw-r--r--modutils/modprobe-small.c26
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/modutils/modprobe-small.c b/modutils/modprobe-small.c
index 023755db3..223eba915 100644
--- a/modutils/modprobe-small.c
+++ b/modutils/modprobe-small.c
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ static void parse_module(module_info *info, const char *pathname)
reset_stringbuf();
pos = 0;
while (1) {
+ unsigned start = stringbuf_idx;
ptr = find_keyword(module_image + pos, len - pos, "alias=");
if (!ptr) {
ptr = find_keyword(module_image + pos, len - pos, "__ksymtab_");
@@ -228,6 +229,31 @@ static void parse_module(module_info *info, const char *pathname)
}
append(ptr);
appendc(' ');
+ /*
+ * Don't add redundant aliases, such as:
+ * libcrc32c.ko symbol:crc32c symbol:crc32c
+ */
+ if (start) { /* "if we aren't the first alias" */
+ char *found, *last;
+ stringbuf[stringbuf_idx] = '\0';
+ last = stringbuf + start;
+ /*
+ * String at last-1 is " symbol:crc32c "
+ * (with both leading and trailing spaces).
+ */
+ if (strncmp(stringbuf, last, stringbuf_idx - start) == 0)
+ /* First alias matches us */
+ found = stringbuf;
+ else
+ /* Does any other alias match? */
+ found = strstr(stringbuf, last-1);
+ if (found < last-1) {
+ /* There is absolutely the same string before us */
+ dbg2_error_msg("redundant:'%s'", last);
+ stringbuf_idx = start;
+ goto skip;
+ }
+ }
skip:
pos = (ptr - module_image);
}