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Subject: [Patch] Use of NULL variable in scripts/mod/modpost.c
From: Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@gmx.de>
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Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:54:16 +0200
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hi,

before is NULL in this case, concluding from the surrounding code
it seems that after is the right one to use.

Signed-off-by: Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@gmx.de>

--- linux-2.6.17-rc1/scripts/mod/modpost.c.orig	2006-04-11 00:50:34.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.17-rc1/scripts/mod/modpost.c	2006-04-11 00:50:47.000000000 +0200
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ static void warn_sec_mismatch(const char
 		warn("%s - Section mismatch: reference to %s:%s from %s "
 		     "before '%s' (at offset -0x%llx)\n",
 		     modname, secname, refsymname, fromsec,
-		     elf->strtab + before->st_name,
+		     elf->strtab + after->st_name,
 		     (long long)r.r_offset);
 	} else {
 		warn("%s - Section mismatch: reference to %s:%s from %s "