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-rw-r--r--scripts/kallsyms.c8
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/kallsyms.c b/scripts/kallsyms.c
index e3902fb39afd..60dd3eb9366e 100644
--- a/scripts/kallsyms.c
+++ b/scripts/kallsyms.c
@@ -107,12 +107,8 @@ static int read_symbol(FILE *in, struct sym_entry *s)
rc = fscanf(in, "%llx %c %499s\n", &s->addr, &stype, str);
if (rc != 3) {
- if (rc != EOF) {
- /* skip line. sym is used as dummy to
- * shut of "warn_unused_result" warning.
- */
- sym = fgets(str, 500, in);
- }
+ if (rc != EOF && fgets(str, 500, in) == NULL)
+ fprintf(stderr, "Read error or end of file.\n");
return -1;
}