linux-kernel - module loader dead code removal and cleanusp

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Message-Id: <20210121074959.313333-1-hch@lst.de>
Date:   Thu, 21 Jan 2021 08:49:46 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Frederic Barrat <fbarrat@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>, Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, live-patching@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: module loader dead code removal and cleanusp

Hi all,

this series removes support for long term unused export types and
cleans up various loose ends in the module loader.

Diffstat:
 arch/arm/configs/bcm2835_defconfig          |    1 
 arch/arm/configs/mxs_defconfig              |    1 
 arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlp_defconfig         |    1 
 arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlr_defconfig         |    1 
 arch/parisc/configs/generic-32bit_defconfig |    1 
 arch/parisc/configs/generic-64bit_defconfig |    1 
 arch/powerpc/configs/ppc6xx_defconfig       |    1 
 arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-cxl.c    |   22 -
 arch/s390/configs/debug_defconfig           |    1 
 arch/s390/configs/defconfig                 |    1 
 arch/sh/configs/edosk7760_defconfig         |    1 
 arch/sh/configs/sdk7780_defconfig           |    1 
 arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig             |    1 
 arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig           |    1 
 arch/x86/tools/relocs.c                     |    4 
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc_helper_internal.h  |   10 
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c             |   21 -
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_kms_helper_common.c     |   26 +-
 include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h           |   42 ---
 include/linux/export.h                      |    9 
 include/linux/kallsyms.h                    |   17 -
 include/linux/module.h                      |   42 ---
 init/Kconfig                                |   17 -
 kernel/kallsyms.c                           |    8 
 kernel/livepatch/core.c                     |   61 +----
 kernel/module.c                             |  319 ++++++++++------------------
 kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c                 |    4 
 lib/bug.c                                   |    3 
 scripts/checkpatch.pl                       |    6 
 scripts/mod/modpost.c                       |   50 ----
 scripts/mod/modpost.h                       |    3 
 scripts/module.lds.S                        |    6 
 tools/include/linux/export.h                |    3 
 33 files changed, 181 insertions(+), 505 deletions(-)