[PATCH 4/4] module: Use the binary search for symbols resolution

[Alessio Igor Bogani]

Takes advantage of the order and locates symbols using binary search.

This work was supported by a hardware donation from the CE Linux Forum.

Signed-off-by: Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/module.c |   12 ++++++++----
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 8845a0b..731173c 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 #include <linux/kmemleak.h>
 #include <linux/jump_label.h>
 #include <linux/pfn.h>
+#include <linux/bsearch.h>
 
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/events/module.h>
@@ -244,12 +245,15 @@ static bool each_symbol_in_section(const struct symsearch *arr,
 					      unsigned int symnum, void *data),
 				   void *data)
 {
-	unsigned int i, j;
+	unsigned int j;
+	const struct kernel_symbol *sym, *start;
+	size_t size = sizeof(struct kernel_symbol);
 
 	for (j = 0; j < arrsize; j++) {
-		for (i = 0; i < arr[j].stop - arr[j].start; i++)
-			if (cmp(data, &arr[j].start[i]) == 0)
-				return fn(&arr[j], owner, i, data);
+		start = arr[j].start;
+		sym = bsearch(data, start, arr[j].stop - arr[j].start, size, cmp);
+		if (sym != NULL)
+			return fn(&arr[j], owner, sym - start, data);
 	}
 
 	return false;
-- 
1.7.0.4

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