From 7934a8dd8692b56714ce9b36421e316445d94a77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Masahiro Yamada Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2025 13:10:23 +0900 Subject: module: remove meaningless 'name' parameter from __MODULE_INFO() The symbol names in the .modinfo section are never used and already randomized by the __UNIQUE_ID() macro. Therefore, the second parameter of __MODULE_INFO() is meaningless and can be removed to simplify the code. With this change, the symbol names in the .modinfo section will be prefixed with __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo, making it clearer that they originate from MODULE_INFO(). [Before] $ objcopy -j .modinfo vmlinux.o modinfo.o $ nm -n modinfo.o | head -n10 0000000000000000 r __UNIQUE_ID_license560 0000000000000011 r __UNIQUE_ID_file559 0000000000000030 r __UNIQUE_ID_description558 0000000000000074 r __UNIQUE_ID_license580 000000000000008e r __UNIQUE_ID_file579 00000000000000bd r __UNIQUE_ID_description578 00000000000000e6 r __UNIQUE_ID_license581 00000000000000ff r __UNIQUE_ID_file580 0000000000000134 r __UNIQUE_ID_description579 0000000000000179 r __UNIQUE_ID_uncore_no_discover578 [After] $ objcopy -j .modinfo vmlinux.o modinfo.o $ nm -n modinfo.o | head -n10 0000000000000000 r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo560 0000000000000011 r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo559 0000000000000030 r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo558 0000000000000074 r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo580 000000000000008e r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo579 00000000000000bd r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo578 00000000000000e6 r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo581 00000000000000ff r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo580 0000000000000134 r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo579 0000000000000179 r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo578 Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada Reviewed-by: Petr Pavlu --- include/linux/module.h | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/linux/module.h') diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h index 92e1420fccdf..81b41cc6a19e 100644 --- a/include/linux/module.h +++ b/include/linux/module.h @@ -164,9 +164,6 @@ extern void cleanup_module(void); struct module_kobject *lookup_or_create_module_kobject(const char *name); -/* Generic info of form tag = "info" */ -#define MODULE_INFO(tag, info) __MODULE_INFO(tag, tag, info) - /* For userspace: you can also call me... */ #define MODULE_ALIAS(_alias) MODULE_INFO(alias, _alias) -- cgit v1.2.3