---

yaml
---
r: 23725
b: refs/heads/master
c: 43c74d1
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  23723: 7cab4a0
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e835a39c1c1f023ef443f735b0e98b08660ae0e4
+refs/heads/master: 43c74d179596ba1f8eceb8c6a5c7e11afe233662

trunk/scripts/mod/modpost.c

@@ -558,7 +558,10 @@ static Elf_Sym *find_elf_symbol(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Addr addr,
 }
 
 /*
- * Find symbols before or equal addr and after addr - in the section sec
+ * Find symbols before or equal addr and after addr - in the section sec.
+ * If we find two symbols with equal offset prefer one with a valid name.
+ * The ELF format may have a better way to detect what type of symbol
+ * it is, but this works for now.
  **/
 static void find_symbols_between(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Addr addr,
 				 const char *sec,
@@ -587,13 +590,25 @@ static void find_symbols_between(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Addr addr,
 				beforediff = addr - sym->st_value;
 				*before = sym;
 			}
+			else if ((addr - sym->st_value) == beforediff) {
+				/* equal offset, valid name? */
+				const char *name = elf->strtab + sym->st_name;
+				if (name && strlen(name))
+					*before = sym;
+			}
 		}
 		else
 		{
 			if ((sym->st_value - addr) < afterdiff) {
 				afterdiff = sym->st_value - addr;
 				*after = sym;
 			}
+			else if ((sym->st_value - addr) == afterdiff) {
+				/* equal offset, valid name? */
+				const char *name = elf->strtab + sym->st_name;
+				if (name && strlen(name))
+					*after = sym;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }