Name: Don't Apply Relocations To Sections We Haven't Copied
Author: Rusty Russell
Status: Booted on 2.6.0-bk1

D: The module code applies every relocation section given.  Obviously, if
D: the section has not been copied into the module, there's no point.
D: In particular, Alpha has relocs which are only used on debug sections,
D: so they don't load with CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO enabled.

diff -urpN --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/devel/kernel/kernel-patches/current-dontdiff --minimal .2481-linux-2.6.0-bk1/kernel/module.c .2481-linux-2.6.0-bk1.updated/kernel/module.c
--- .2481-linux-2.6.0-bk1/kernel/module.c	2003-11-24 15:42:33.000000000 +1100
+++ .2481-linux-2.6.0-bk1.updated/kernel/module.c	2003-12-30 14:08:40.000000000 +1100
@@ -1618,9 +1618,13 @@ static struct module *load_module(void _
 	/* Now do relocations. */
 	for (i = 1; i < hdr->e_shnum; i++) {
 		const char *strtab = (char *)sechdrs[strindex].sh_addr;
-		if (sechdrs[i].sh_type == SHT_REL)
-			err = apply_relocate(sechdrs, strtab, symindex, i,mod);
-		else if (sechdrs[i].sh_type == SHT_RELA)
+
+		/* Skip relocations on non-allocated (ie. debug) sections */
+		if (sechdrs[i].sh_type == SHT_REL
+		    && (sechdrs[sechdrs[i].sh_info].sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC))
+			err = apply_relocate(sechdrs, strtab, symindex,i, mod);
+		else if (sechdrs[i].sh_type == SHT_RELA
+			 && (sechdrs[sechdrs[i].sh_info].sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC))
 			err = apply_relocate_add(sechdrs, strtab, symindex, i,
 						 mod);
 		if (err < 0)