module: remove EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL*

EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL* is not actually used anywhere.  Remove the
unused functionality as we generally just remove unused code anyway.

Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 65 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 95186c9d81ea..93f360250bcb 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -410,14 +410,6 @@ extern const struct kernel_symbol __start___ksymtab_gpl[];
 extern const struct kernel_symbol __stop___ksymtab_gpl[];
 extern const s32 __start___kcrctab[];
 extern const s32 __start___kcrctab_gpl[];
-#ifdef CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS
-extern const struct kernel_symbol __start___ksymtab_unused[];
-extern const struct kernel_symbol __stop___ksymtab_unused[];
-extern const struct kernel_symbol __start___ksymtab_unused_gpl[];
-extern const struct kernel_symbol __stop___ksymtab_unused_gpl[];
-extern const s32 __start___kcrctab_unused[];
-extern const s32 __start___kcrctab_unused_gpl[];
-#endif
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_MODVERSIONS
 #define symversion(base, idx) NULL
@@ -432,7 +424,6 @@ struct symsearch {
 		NOT_GPL_ONLY,
 		GPL_ONLY,
 	} license;
-	bool unused;
 };
 
 struct find_symbol_arg {
@@ -456,19 +447,6 @@ static bool check_exported_symbol(const struct symsearch *syms,
 
 	if (!fsa->gplok && syms->license == GPL_ONLY)
 		return false;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS
-	if (syms->unused && fsa->warn) {
-		pr_warn("Symbol %s is marked as UNUSED, however this module is "
-			"using it.\n", fsa->name);
-		pr_warn("This symbol will go away in the future.\n");
-		pr_warn("Please evaluate if this is the right api to use and "
-			"if it really is, submit a report to the linux kernel "
-			"mailing list together with submitting your code for "
-			"inclusion.\n");
-	}
-#endif
-
 	fsa->owner = owner;
 	fsa->crc = symversion(syms->crcs, symnum);
 	fsa->sym = &syms->start[symnum];
@@ -535,18 +513,10 @@ static bool find_symbol(struct find_symbol_arg *fsa)
 {
 	static const struct symsearch arr[] = {
 		{ __start___ksymtab, __stop___ksymtab, __start___kcrctab,
-		  NOT_GPL_ONLY, false },
+		  NOT_GPL_ONLY },
 		{ __start___ksymtab_gpl, __stop___ksymtab_gpl,
 		  __start___kcrctab_gpl,
-		  GPL_ONLY, false },
-#ifdef CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS
-		{ __start___ksymtab_unused, __stop___ksymtab_unused,
-		  __start___kcrctab_unused,
-		  NOT_GPL_ONLY, true },
-		{ __start___ksymtab_unused_gpl, __stop___ksymtab_unused_gpl,
-		  __start___kcrctab_unused_gpl,
-		  GPL_ONLY, true },
-#endif
+		  GPL_ONLY },
 	};
 	struct module *mod;
 	unsigned int i;
@@ -561,20 +531,10 @@ static bool find_symbol(struct find_symbol_arg *fsa)
 				lockdep_is_held(&module_mutex)) {
 		struct symsearch arr[] = {
 			{ mod->syms, mod->syms + mod->num_syms, mod->crcs,
-			  NOT_GPL_ONLY, false },
+			  NOT_GPL_ONLY },
 			{ mod->gpl_syms, mod->gpl_syms + mod->num_gpl_syms,
 			  mod->gpl_crcs,
-			  GPL_ONLY, false },
-#ifdef CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS
-			{ mod->unused_syms,
-			  mod->unused_syms + mod->num_unused_syms,
-			  mod->unused_crcs,
-			  NOT_GPL_ONLY, true },
-			{ mod->unused_gpl_syms,
-			  mod->unused_gpl_syms + mod->num_unused_gpl_syms,
-			  mod->unused_gpl_crcs,
-			  GPL_ONLY, true },
-#endif
+			  GPL_ONLY },
 		};
 
 		if (mod->state == MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED)
@@ -2274,10 +2234,6 @@ static int verify_exported_symbols(struct module *mod)
 	} arr[] = {
 		{ mod->syms, mod->num_syms },
 		{ mod->gpl_syms, mod->num_gpl_syms },
-#ifdef CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS
-		{ mod->unused_syms, mod->num_unused_syms },
-		{ mod->unused_gpl_syms, mod->num_unused_gpl_syms },
-#endif
 	};
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(arr); i++) {
@@ -3290,16 +3246,6 @@ static int find_module_sections(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
 				     &mod->num_gpl_syms);
 	mod->gpl_crcs = section_addr(info, "__kcrctab_gpl");
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS
-	mod->unused_syms = section_objs(info, "__ksymtab_unused",
-					sizeof(*mod->unused_syms),
-					&mod->num_unused_syms);
-	mod->unused_crcs = section_addr(info, "__kcrctab_unused");
-	mod->unused_gpl_syms = section_objs(info, "__ksymtab_unused_gpl",
-					    sizeof(*mod->unused_gpl_syms),
-					    &mod->num_unused_gpl_syms);
-	mod->unused_gpl_crcs = section_addr(info, "__kcrctab_unused_gpl");
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS
 	mod->ctors = section_objs(info, ".ctors",
 				  sizeof(*mod->ctors), &mod->num_ctors);
@@ -3480,13 +3426,8 @@ static int check_module_license_and_versions(struct module *mod)
 		pr_warn("%s: module license taints kernel.\n", mod->name);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODVERSIONS
-	if ((mod->num_syms && !mod->crcs)
-	    || (mod->num_gpl_syms && !mod->gpl_crcs)
-#ifdef CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS
-	    || (mod->num_unused_syms && !mod->unused_crcs)
-	    || (mod->num_unused_gpl_syms && !mod->unused_gpl_crcs)
-#endif
-		) {
+	if ((mod->num_syms && !mod->crcs) ||
+	    (mod->num_gpl_syms && !mod->gpl_crcs)) {
 		return try_to_force_load(mod,
 					 "no versions for exported symbols");
 	}