Re: [PATCH 2/2] asm-generic/export.h: remove unneeded __kcrctab_* symbols

[Masahiro Yamada]

On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 1:56 PM Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> EXPORT_SYMBOL from assembly code produces an unused symbol __kcrctab_*.
>
> kcrctab is used as a section name (prefixed with three underscores),
> but never used as a symbol.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Applied to linux-kbuild.

>
>  include/asm-generic/export.h | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/asm-generic/export.h b/include/asm-generic/export.h
> index 80ef2dc0c8be..a3983e2ce0fd 100644
> --- a/include/asm-generic/export.h
> +++ b/include/asm-generic/export.h
> @@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ __kstrtab_\name:
>  #ifdef CONFIG_MODVERSIONS
>         .section ___kcrctab\sec+\name,"a"
>         .balign KCRC_ALIGN
> -__kcrctab_\name:
>  #if defined(CONFIG_MODULE_REL_CRCS)
>         .long __crc_\name - .
>  #else
> --
> 2.17.1
>


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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada