linux-toradex.git/scripts/mod/modpost.c, branch v6.7-rc1 Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules modpost: squash ALL_{INIT,EXIT}_TEXT_SECTIONS to ALL_TEXT_SECTIONS 2023-10-28T12:31:22+00:00 Masahiro Yamada masahiroy@kernel.org 2023-10-22T17:06:13+00:00 34fcf231dcf94d7dea29c070228c4b93849f4850 ALL_INIT_TEXT_SECTIONS and ALL_EXIT_TEXT_SECTIONS are only used in the macro definition of ALL_TEXT_SECTIONS. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> 
ALL_INIT_TEXT_SECTIONS and ALL_EXIT_TEXT_SECTIONS are only used in
the macro definition of ALL_TEXT_SECTIONS.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
modpost: merge sectioncheck table entries regarding init/exit sections 2023-10-28T12:31:22+00:00 Masahiro Yamada masahiroy@kernel.org 2023-10-22T17:06:12+00:00 b3d4f446fc0f6bf6d50abfc403eb375d9b9f6378 Check symbol references from normal sections to init/exit sections in a single entry. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> 
Check symbol references from normal sections to init/exit sections in
a single entry.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
modpost: use ALL_INIT_SECTIONS for the section check from DATA_SECTIONS 2023-10-28T12:31:22+00:00 Masahiro Yamada masahiroy@kernel.org 2023-10-22T17:06:11+00:00 e578e4e3110635b20786e442baa3aeff9bb65f95 ALL_INIT_SECTIONS is defined as follows: #define ALL_INIT_SECTIONS INIT_SECTIONS, ALL_XXXINIT_SECTIONS Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> 
ALL_INIT_SECTIONS is defined as follows:

  #define ALL_INIT_SECTIONS INIT_SECTIONS, ALL_XXXINIT_SECTIONS

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
modpost: disallow the combination of EXPORT_SYMBOL and __meminit* 2023-10-28T12:31:22+00:00 Masahiro Yamada masahiroy@kernel.org 2023-10-22T17:06:10+00:00 a3df1526da480c089c20868b7f4d486b9f266001 Theoretically, we could export conditionally-discarded code sections, such as .meminit*, if all the users can become modular under a certain condition. However, that would be difficult to control and such a tricky case has never occurred. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> 
Theoretically, we could export conditionally-discarded code sections,
such as .meminit*, if all the users can become modular under a certain
condition. However, that would be difficult to control and such a tricky
case has never occurred.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
modpost: remove EXIT_SECTIONS macro 2023-10-28T12:31:22+00:00 Masahiro Yamada masahiroy@kernel.org 2023-10-22T17:06:09+00:00 48cd8df7afd1eef22cf7b125697a6d7c3d168c5c ALL_EXIT_SECTIONS and EXIT_SECTIONS are the same. Remove the latter. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> 
ALL_EXIT_SECTIONS and EXIT_SECTIONS are the same. Remove the latter.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
modpost: remove MEM_INIT_SECTIONS macro 2023-10-28T12:31:22+00:00 Masahiro Yamada masahiroy@kernel.org 2023-10-22T17:06:08+00:00 473a45bb35f080e31cb4fe45e905bfe3bd407fdf ALL_XXXINIT_SECTIONS and MEM_INIT_SECTIONS are the same. Remove the latter. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> 
ALL_XXXINIT_SECTIONS and MEM_INIT_SECTIONS are the same.
Remove the latter.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
modpost: remove more symbol patterns from the section check whitelist 2023-10-28T12:31:22+00:00 Masahiro Yamada masahiroy@kernel.org 2023-10-22T17:06:07+00:00 e1dc1bfe5b27842c9e43a1f2d42c34decb0660c3 These symbol patterns were whitelisted to allow them to reference to functions with the old __devinit and __devexit annotations. We stopped doing this a long time ago, for example, commit 6f039790510f ("Drivers: scsi: remove __dev* attributes.") remove those annotations from the scsi drivers. Keep *_ops, *_probe, and *_console, otherwise they will really cause section mismatch warnings. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> 
These symbol patterns were whitelisted to allow them to reference to
functions with the old __devinit and __devexit annotations.

We stopped doing this a long time ago, for example, commit 6f039790510f
("Drivers: scsi: remove __dev* attributes.") remove those annotations
from the scsi drivers.

Keep *_ops, *_probe, and *_console, otherwise they will really cause
section mismatch warnings.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
modpost: disallow *driver to reference .meminit* sections 2023-10-28T12:31:22+00:00 Masahiro Yamada masahiroy@kernel.org 2023-10-22T17:06:06+00:00 50cccec15c48814765895891ca0d95d989b6a419 Drivers must not reference .meminit* sections, which are discarded when CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG=n. The reason for whitelisting "*driver" in the section mismatch check was to allow drivers to reference symbols annotated as __devinit or __devexit that existed in the past. Those annotations were removed by the following commits: - 54b956b90360 ("Remove __dev* markings from init.h") - 92e9e6d1f984 ("modpost.c: Stop checking __dev* section mismatches") Remove the stale whitelist. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> 
Drivers must not reference .meminit* sections, which are discarded
when CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG=n.

The reason for whitelisting "*driver" in the section mismatch check
was to allow drivers to reference symbols annotated as __devinit or
__devexit that existed in the past.

Those annotations were removed by the following commits:

 - 54b956b90360 ("Remove __dev* markings from init.h")
 - 92e9e6d1f984 ("modpost.c: Stop checking __dev* section mismatches")

Remove the stale whitelist.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
linux/init: remove __memexit* annotations 2023-10-28T12:31:22+00:00 Masahiro Yamada masahiroy@kernel.org 2023-10-22T17:06:05+00:00 6a4e59eeedc3018cb57722eecfcbb49431aeb05f We have never used __memexit, __memexitdata, or __memexitconst. These were unneeded. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> 
We have never used __memexit, __memexitdata, or __memexitconst.

These were unneeded.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
modpost: remove ALL_EXIT_DATA_SECTIONS macro 2023-10-28T12:31:21+00:00 Masahiro Yamada masahiroy@kernel.org 2023-10-22T17:06:04+00:00 3ada34b0f6559b2388f1983366614fbe8027b6fd This is unused. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> 
This is unused.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>