linux-kernel - The .paravirtprobe section is obsolete, so modpost doesn't need to handle it

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Message-ID: <465C8DFD.6080500@goop.org>
Date:	Tue, 29 May 2007 13:33:01 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: The .paravirtprobe section is obsolete, so modpost doesn't need to
 handle it

The .paravirtprobe section is obsolete, so modpost doesn't need to handle it.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...source.com>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>

---
 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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