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[15/16] include/linux/compiler.h: remove unused KENTRY macro

Message ID 20190812215052.71840-15-ndesaulniers@google.com (mailing list archive)
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Nick Desaulniers Aug. 12, 2019, 9:50 p.m. UTC
This macro is not used throughout the kernel. Delete it rather than
update the __section to be a fully spelled out
__attribute__((__section__())) to avoid
https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42950.

Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
---
 include/linux/compiler.h | 23 -----------------------
 1 file changed, 23 deletions(-)

Comments

Sedat Dilek Aug. 19, 2019, 6:03 p.m. UTC | #1
On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 11:53 PM Nick Desaulniers
<ndesaulniers@google.com> wrote:
>
> This macro is not used throughout the kernel. Delete it rather than
> update the __section to be a fully spelled out
> __attribute__((__section__())) to avoid
> https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42950.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>

Tested-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com> [ Linux v5.3-rc5 ]

Patchset "for-5.3/x86-section-name-escaping" (5 patches):

compiler_attributes.h: add note about __section
include/linux/compiler.h: remove unused KENTRY macro
include/linux: prefer __section from compiler_attributes.h
include/asm-generic: prefer __section from compiler_attributes.h
x86: prefer __section from compiler_attributes.h

Thanks.

- Sedat -

> ---
>  include/linux/compiler.h | 23 -----------------------
>  1 file changed, 23 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
> index 5e88e7e33abe..f01c1e527f85 100644
> --- a/include/linux/compiler.h
> +++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
> @@ -136,29 +136,6 @@ void ftrace_likely_update(struct ftrace_likely_data *f, int val,
>  } while (0)
>  #endif
>
> -/*
> - * KENTRY - kernel entry point
> - * This can be used to annotate symbols (functions or data) that are used
> - * without their linker symbol being referenced explicitly. For example,
> - * interrupt vector handlers, or functions in the kernel image that are found
> - * programatically.
> - *
> - * Not required for symbols exported with EXPORT_SYMBOL, or initcalls. Those
> - * are handled in their own way (with KEEP() in linker scripts).
> - *
> - * KENTRY can be avoided if the symbols in question are marked as KEEP() in the
> - * linker script. For example an architecture could KEEP() its entire
> - * boot/exception vector code rather than annotate each function and data.
> - */
> -#ifndef KENTRY
> -# define KENTRY(sym)                                           \
> -       extern typeof(sym) sym;                                 \
> -       static const unsigned long __kentry_##sym               \
> -       __used                                                  \
> -       __section("___kentry" "+" #sym )                        \
> -       = (unsigned long)&sym;
> -#endif
> -
>  #ifndef RELOC_HIDE
>  # define RELOC_HIDE(ptr, off)                                  \
>    ({ unsigned long __ptr;                                      \
> --
> 2.23.0.rc1.153.gdeed80330f-goog
>
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Patch

diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index 5e88e7e33abe..f01c1e527f85 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -136,29 +136,6 @@  void ftrace_likely_update(struct ftrace_likely_data *f, int val,
 } while (0)
 #endif
 
-/*
- * KENTRY - kernel entry point
- * This can be used to annotate symbols (functions or data) that are used
- * without their linker symbol being referenced explicitly. For example,
- * interrupt vector handlers, or functions in the kernel image that are found
- * programatically.
- *
- * Not required for symbols exported with EXPORT_SYMBOL, or initcalls. Those
- * are handled in their own way (with KEEP() in linker scripts).
- *
- * KENTRY can be avoided if the symbols in question are marked as KEEP() in the
- * linker script. For example an architecture could KEEP() its entire
- * boot/exception vector code rather than annotate each function and data.
- */
-#ifndef KENTRY
-# define KENTRY(sym)						\
-	extern typeof(sym) sym;					\
-	static const unsigned long __kentry_##sym		\
-	__used							\
-	__section("___kentry" "+" #sym )			\
-	= (unsigned long)&sym;
-#endif
-
 #ifndef RELOC_HIDE
 # define RELOC_HIDE(ptr, off)					\
   ({ unsigned long __ptr;					\