linux-kernel - [PATCH 8/8] Remove unused support code for refok sections.

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Date:	Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:02:27 -0400
From:	Tim Abbott <tabbott@....EDU>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Anders Kaseorg <andersk@....edu>,
	Waseem Daher <wdaher@....edu>,
	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>,
	Jeff Arnold <jbarnold@....edu>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>, Tim Abbott <tabbott@....edu>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Subject: [PATCH 8/8] Remove unused support code for refok sections.

The old refok sections

  .text.init.refok
  .data.init.refok
  .exit.text.refok

have been deprecated since commit
312b1485fb509c9bc32eda28ad29537896658cb8.  After the other patches in
this patch series nothing is put in these sections, so clean things up
by eliminating all the remaining references to them.

Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@....edu>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
---
 include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h |    3 ---
 include/linux/init.h              |    8 --------
 scripts/mod/modpost.c             |   18 ------------------
 3 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index eaa06ef..89853bc 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@
 /* .data section */
 #define DATA_DATA							\
 	*(.data)							\
-	*(.data.init.refok)						\
 	*(.ref.data)							\
 	DEV_KEEP(init.data)						\
 	DEV_KEEP(exit.data)						\
@@ -289,8 +288,6 @@
 		*(.text.hot)						\
 		*(.text)						\
 		*(.ref.text)						\
-		*(.text.init.refok)					\
-		*(.exit.text.refok)					\
 	DEV_KEEP(init.text)						\
 	DEV_KEEP(exit.text)						\
 	CPU_KEEP(init.text)						\
diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
index 20a1334..0e06c17 100644
--- a/include/linux/init.h
+++ b/include/linux/init.h
@@ -62,14 +62,6 @@
 #define __refdata        __section(.ref.data)
 #define __refconst       __section(.ref.rodata)
 
-/* backward compatibility note
- *  A few places hardcode the old section names:
- *  .text.init.refok
- *  .data.init.refok
- *  .exit.text.refok
- *  They should be converted to use the defines from this file
- */
-
 /* compatibility defines */
 #define __init_refok     __ref
 #define __initdata_refok __refdata
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index df6e628..8d46ea7 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -794,15 +794,6 @@ static const char *init_exit_sections[] =
 /* data section */
 static const char *data_sections[] = { DATA_SECTIONS, NULL };
 
-/* sections that may refer to an init/exit section with no warning */
-static const char *initref_sections[] =
-{
-	".text.init.refok*",
-	".exit.text.refok*",
-	".data.init.refok*",
-	NULL
-};
-
 
 /* symbols in .data that may refer to init/exit sections */
 static const char *symbol_white_list[] =
@@ -915,11 +906,6 @@ static int section_mismatch(const char *fromsec, const char *tosec)
 /**
  * Whitelist to allow certain references to pass with no warning.
  *
- * Pattern 0:
- *   Do not warn if funtion/data are marked with __init_refok/__initdata_refok.
- *   The pattern is identified by:
- *   fromsec = .text.init.refok* | .data.init.refok*
- *
  * Pattern 1:
  *   If a module parameter is declared __initdata and permissions=0
  *   then this is legal despite the warning generated.
@@ -958,10 +944,6 @@ static int section_mismatch(const char *fromsec, const char *tosec)
 static int secref_whitelist(const char *fromsec, const char *fromsym,
 			    const char *tosec, const char *tosym)
 {
-	/* Check for pattern 0 */
-	if (match(fromsec, initref_sections))
-		return 0;
-
 	/* Check for pattern 1 */
 	if (match(tosec, init_data_sections) &&
 	    match(fromsec, data_sections) &&
-- 
1.6.2.1

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