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[23.128.96.18]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id p4si1507008eja.208.2021.01.27.15.58.29; Wed, 27 Jan 2021 15:58:53 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) client-ip=23.128.96.18; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@kernel.org header.s=k20201202 header.b=oMEQhTvG; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=NONE sp=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231461AbhA0Nvu (ORCPT + 99 others); Wed, 27 Jan 2021 08:51:50 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:33434 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231403AbhA0Nu3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Jan 2021 08:50:29 -0500 Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 33261207A3; Wed, 27 Jan 2021 13:49:42 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1611755386; bh=24kau5dRxNvNkOJxfzZ0cHryerwzFFv0aEway+hPzJg=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=oMEQhTvGgFb516J1ynVDH68s1bM6PW9bB7Crgw2gra4DFSIBeyHNfLsM227UBHxso xvHiYDiqVqj838JGX7Kv3b25oLXqTSCBwKDu67BYwKWt8wuzBNflZMpHtFpST57z8x YMF5SSMDoxf728i4nQgG4JhYFMdA3pZF4bVyEwMpGdY2564k3MZoIG8v1w0vYbjznr k5ZWbJaff5rJOqpUfaFSzfHsc1Njb7Wp9W7Er49xImkmn2Um9cZ60JWRH7ROQlrjHO FmEvZgvDBrp1P+gX7idKIN0DlOS+lf+gPe6BKEDWOZb4yFOCTUHvx6PPnkyXK5qfMS vajLS/4k4ayWg== Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 14:49:38 +0100 From: Jessica Yu To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Frederic Barrat , Andrew Donnellan , Maarten Lankhorst , Maxime Ripard , Thomas Zimmermann , David Airlie , Daniel Vetter , Josh Poimboeuf , Jiri Kosina , Miroslav Benes , Petr Mladek , Joe Lawrence , Masahiro Yamada , Michal Marek , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, live-patching@vger.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/13] module: remove EXPORY_UNUSED_SYMBOL* Message-ID: References: <20210121074959.313333-1-hch@lst.de> <20210121074959.313333-14-hch@lst.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20210121074959.313333-14-hch@lst.de> X-OS: Linux gunter 5.10.7-1-default x86_64 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org +++ Christoph Hellwig [21/01/21 08:49 +0100]: >EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL* is not actually used anywhere. Remove the >unused functionality as we generally just remove unused code anyway. > >Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig >--- > arch/arm/configs/bcm2835_defconfig | 1 - > arch/arm/configs/mxs_defconfig | 1 - > arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlp_defconfig | 1 - > arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlr_defconfig | 1 - > arch/parisc/configs/generic-32bit_defconfig | 1 - > arch/parisc/configs/generic-64bit_defconfig | 1 - > arch/powerpc/configs/ppc6xx_defconfig | 1 - > arch/s390/configs/debug_defconfig | 1 - > arch/s390/configs/defconfig | 1 - > arch/sh/configs/edosk7760_defconfig | 1 - > arch/sh/configs/sdk7780_defconfig | 1 - > arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig | 1 - > arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig | 1 - > arch/x86/tools/relocs.c | 4 +- > include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 28 --------- > include/linux/export.h | 8 --- > include/linux/module.h | 13 ---- > init/Kconfig | 17 ----- > kernel/module.c | 69 ++------------------- > scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 +- > scripts/mod/modpost.c | 39 +----------- > scripts/mod/modpost.h | 2 - > scripts/module.lds.S | 4 -- > tools/include/linux/export.h | 2 - > 24 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 192 deletions(-) > >diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/bcm2835_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/bcm2835_defconfig >index 44ff9cd88d8161..d6c6c2e031c43a 100644 >--- a/arch/arm/configs/bcm2835_defconfig >+++ b/arch/arm/configs/bcm2835_defconfig >@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY=y > CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG=y > CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y > # CONFIG_ENABLE_MUST_CHECK is not set >-CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS=y > CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT=y > CONFIG_LOCKUP_DETECTOR=y > CONFIG_SCHED_TRACER=y >diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/mxs_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/mxs_defconfig >index a9c6f32a9b1c9d..ca32446b187f5d 100644 >--- a/arch/arm/configs/mxs_defconfig >+++ b/arch/arm/configs/mxs_defconfig >@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ CONFIG_FONTS=y > CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME=y > CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y > CONFIG_FRAME_WARN=2048 >-CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS=y > CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y > CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y > CONFIG_SOFTLOCKUP_DETECTOR=y >diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlp_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlp_defconfig >index 72a211d2d556fd..32c29061172325 100644 >--- a/arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlp_defconfig >+++ b/arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlp_defconfig >@@ -549,7 +549,6 @@ CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME=y > CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y > # CONFIG_ENABLE_MUST_CHECK is not set > CONFIG_FRAME_WARN=1024 >-CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS=y > CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT=y > CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK=y > CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS=y >diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlr_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlr_defconfig >index 4ecb157e56d427..bf9b9244929ecd 100644 >--- a/arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlr_defconfig >+++ b/arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlr_defconfig >@@ -500,7 +500,6 @@ CONFIG_CRC7=m > CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME=y > CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y > # CONFIG_ENABLE_MUST_CHECK is not set >-CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS=y > CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT=y > CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK=y > CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS=y >diff --git a/arch/parisc/configs/generic-32bit_defconfig b/arch/parisc/configs/generic-32bit_defconfig >index 3cbcfad5f7249d..7611d48c599e01 100644 >--- a/arch/parisc/configs/generic-32bit_defconfig >+++ b/arch/parisc/configs/generic-32bit_defconfig >@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ CONFIG_PCI_LBA=y > CONFIG_MODULES=y > CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y > CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y >-CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS=y > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_BSG is not set > # CONFIG_CORE_DUMP_DEFAULT_ELF_HEADERS is not set > CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m >diff --git a/arch/parisc/configs/generic-64bit_defconfig b/arch/parisc/configs/generic-64bit_defconfig >index 8f81fcbf04c413..53054b81461a10 100644 >--- a/arch/parisc/configs/generic-64bit_defconfig >+++ b/arch/parisc/configs/generic-64bit_defconfig >@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_LOAD=y > CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y > CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y > CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y >-CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS=y > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY=y > CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m > # CONFIG_COMPACTION is not set >diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc6xx_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc6xx_defconfig >index ef09f3cce1fa85..34c3859040f9f7 100644 >--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc6xx_defconfig >+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc6xx_defconfig >@@ -1072,7 +1072,6 @@ CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15=m > CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R=m > CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_U=m > CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y >-CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS=y > CONFIG_HEADERS_INSTALL=y > CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y > CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y >diff --git a/arch/s390/configs/debug_defconfig b/arch/s390/configs/debug_defconfig >index c4f6ff98a612cd..58e54d17e3154b 100644 >--- a/arch/s390/configs/debug_defconfig >+++ b/arch/s390/configs/debug_defconfig >@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y > CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y > CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL=y > CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_SHA256=y >-CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS=y > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY=y > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_THROTTLING=y > CONFIG_BLK_WBT=y >diff --git a/arch/s390/configs/defconfig b/arch/s390/configs/defconfig >index 51135893cffe34..b5e62c0d3e23e0 100644 >--- a/arch/s390/configs/defconfig >+++ b/arch/s390/configs/defconfig >@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y > CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y > CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL=y > CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_SHA256=y >-CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS=y > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_THROTTLING=y > CONFIG_BLK_WBT=y > CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP_IOLATENCY=y >diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/edosk7760_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/edosk7760_defconfig >index 02ba622985769d..d77f54e906fd04 100644 >--- a/arch/sh/configs/edosk7760_defconfig >+++ b/arch/sh/configs/edosk7760_defconfig >@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ CONFIG_NLS_UTF8=y > CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME=y > # CONFIG_ENABLE_MUST_CHECK is not set > CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y >-CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS=y > CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y > CONFIG_DEBUG_SHIRQ=y > CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK=y >diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/sdk7780_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/sdk7780_defconfig >index d10a0414123a51..d53c4595fb2e98 100644 >--- a/arch/sh/configs/sdk7780_defconfig >+++ b/arch/sh/configs/sdk7780_defconfig >@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15=y > CONFIG_NLS_UTF8=y > # CONFIG_ENABLE_MUST_CHECK is not set > CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y >-CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS=y > CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y > CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK=y > # CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG is not set >diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig >index 78210793d357cf..9c9c4a888b1dbf 100644 >--- a/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig >+++ b/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig >@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL=y > CONFIG_MODULES=y > CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y > CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y >-# CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS is not set > CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y > CONFIG_NET=y > CONFIG_PACKET=y >diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig >index 9936528e19393a..b60bd2d8603499 100644 >--- a/arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig >+++ b/arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig >@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL=y > CONFIG_MODULES=y > CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y > CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y >-# CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS is not set > CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y > CONFIG_NET=y > CONFIG_PACKET=y >diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c >index 0d210d0e83e241..b9c577a3cacca6 100644 >--- a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c >+++ b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c >@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ static const char * const sym_regex_kernel[S_NSYMTYPES] = { > "(__iommu_table|__apicdrivers|__smp_locks)(|_end)|" > "__(start|end)_pci_.*|" > "__(start|end)_builtin_fw|" >- "__(start|stop)___ksymtab(|_gpl|_unused|_unused_gpl)|" >- "__(start|stop)___kcrctab(|_gpl|_unused|_unused_gpl)|" >+ "__(start|stop)___ksymtab(|_gpl)|" >+ "__(start|stop)___kcrctab(|_gpl)|" > "__(start|stop)___param|" > "__(start|stop)___modver|" > "__(start|stop)___bug_table|" >diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h >index 83243506e68b00..1fa338ac6a5477 100644 >--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h >+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h >@@ -481,20 +481,6 @@ > __stop___ksymtab_gpl = .; \ > } \ > \ >- /* Kernel symbol table: Normal unused symbols */ \ >- __ksymtab_unused : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_unused) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \ >- __start___ksymtab_unused = .; \ >- KEEP(*(SORT(___ksymtab_unused+*))) \ >- __stop___ksymtab_unused = .; \ >- } \ >- \ >- /* Kernel symbol table: GPL-only unused symbols */ \ >- __ksymtab_unused_gpl : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_unused_gpl) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \ >- __start___ksymtab_unused_gpl = .; \ >- KEEP(*(SORT(___ksymtab_unused_gpl+*))) \ >- __stop___ksymtab_unused_gpl = .; \ >- } \ >- \ > /* Kernel symbol table: Normal symbols */ \ > __kcrctab : AT(ADDR(__kcrctab) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \ > __start___kcrctab = .; \ >@@ -509,20 +495,6 @@ > __stop___kcrctab_gpl = .; \ > } \ > \ >- /* Kernel symbol table: Normal unused symbols */ \ >- __kcrctab_unused : AT(ADDR(__kcrctab_unused) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \ >- __start___kcrctab_unused = .; \ >- KEEP(*(SORT(___kcrctab_unused+*))) \ >- __stop___kcrctab_unused = .; \ >- } \ >- \ >- /* Kernel symbol table: GPL-only unused symbols */ \ >- __kcrctab_unused_gpl : AT(ADDR(__kcrctab_unused_gpl) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \ >- __start___kcrctab_unused_gpl = .; \ >- KEEP(*(SORT(___kcrctab_unused_gpl+*))) \ >- __stop___kcrctab_unused_gpl = .; \ >- } \ >- \ > /* Kernel symbol table: strings */ \ > __ksymtab_strings : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_strings) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \ > *(__ksymtab_strings) \ >diff --git a/include/linux/export.h b/include/linux/export.h >index 362b64f8d4a7c2..6271a5d9c988fa 100644 >--- a/include/linux/export.h >+++ b/include/linux/export.h >@@ -160,14 +160,6 @@ struct kernel_symbol { > #define EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS(sym, ns) __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, "", #ns) > #define EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(sym, ns) __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, "_gpl", #ns) > >-#ifdef CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS >-#define EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL(sym) _EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, "_unused") >-#define EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL_GPL(sym) _EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, "_unused_gpl") >-#else >-#define EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL(sym) >-#define EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL_GPL(sym) >-#endif >- > #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */ > > #endif /* _LINUX_EXPORT_H */ >diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h >index 8f4d577d4707c2..0e70596c9a704a 100644 >--- a/include/linux/module.h >+++ b/include/linux/module.h >@@ -392,18 +392,6 @@ struct module { > const s32 *gpl_crcs; > bool using_gplonly_symbols; > >-#ifdef CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS >- /* unused exported symbols. */ >- const struct kernel_symbol *unused_syms; >- const s32 *unused_crcs; >- unsigned int num_unused_syms; >- >- /* GPL-only, unused exported symbols. */ >- unsigned int num_unused_gpl_syms; >- const struct kernel_symbol *unused_gpl_syms; >- const s32 *unused_gpl_crcs; >-#endif >- > #ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_SIG > /* Signature was verified. */ > bool sig_ok; >@@ -592,7 +580,6 @@ struct symsearch { > GPL_ONLY, > WILL_BE_GPL_ONLY, > } license; >- bool unused; > }; Thanks for the cleanups. While we're here, I noticed that struct symsearch is only used internally in kernel/module.c, so I don't think it actually needs to be in include/linux/module.h. I don't see it used anywhere else. We could move maybe that to kernel/module-internal.h.