The .paravirtprobe section is obsolete, so modpost doesn't need tohandle it

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge
Date: Tue May 29 2007 - 16:33:33 EST


The .paravirtprobe section is obsolete, so modpost doesn't need to handle it.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
scripts/mod/modpost.c | 11 -----------
1 file changed, 11 deletions(-)

===================================================================
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -634,12 +634,6 @@ static int strrcmp(const char *s, const
* fromsec = .text*
* refsymname = logo_
*
- * Pattern 8:
- * Symbols contained in .paravirtprobe may safely reference .init.text.
- * The pattern is:
- * tosec = .init.text
- * fromsec = .paravirtprobe
- *
* Pattern 10:
* ia64 has machvec table for each platform and
* powerpc has a machine desc table for each platform.
@@ -721,11 +715,6 @@ static int secref_whitelist(const char *
if ((strcmp(tosec, ".init.data") == 0) &&
(strncmp(fromsec, ".text", strlen(".text")) == 0) &&
(strncmp(refsymname, "logo_", strlen("logo_")) == 0))
- return 1;
-
- /* Check for pattern 8 */
- if ((strcmp(tosec, ".init.text") == 0) &&
- (strcmp(fromsec, ".paravirtprobe") == 0))
return 1;

/* Check for pattern 10 */


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