linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 6/6] linkage: remove START/END ALIAS macros

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Date:   Mon,  6 Dec 2021 12:47:15 +0000
From:   Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     ardb@...nel.org, bp@...en8.de, broonie@...nel.org,
        catalin.marinas@....com, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com,
        jpoimboe@...hat.com, jslaby@...e.cz,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, mark.rutland@....com,
        maz@...nel.org, mingo@...hat.com, peterz@...radead.org,
        tabba@...gle.com, tglx@...utronix.de, will@...nel.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH 6/6] linkage: remove START/END ALIAS macros

Now that all aliases are defined using SYM_FUNC_ALIAS(), remove the old
SYM_FUNC_{START,END}_ALIAS() macros.

TODO:

* Handle tools/ copy

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
---
 Documentation/asm-annotations.rst | 13 -------------
 include/linux/linkage.h           | 30 ------------------------------
 2 files changed, 43 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/asm-annotations.rst b/Documentation/asm-annotations.rst
index cdc53bf7f9bb..ff7ecc43ca35 100644
--- a/Documentation/asm-annotations.rst
+++ b/Documentation/asm-annotations.rst
@@ -142,19 +142,6 @@ denoting a range of code via ``SYM_*_START/END`` annotations.
   result, except the debug information for the instructions is generated to
   the object file only once -- for the non-``ALIAS`` case.
 
-* ``SYM_FUNC_START_ALIAS`` and ``SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL_ALIAS`` are deprecated
-    ways to define two or more names for one function. The typical use is::
-
-    SYM_FUNC_START_ALIAS(__memset)
-    SYM_FUNC_START(memset)
-        ... asm insns ...
-    SYM_FUNC_END(memset)
-    SYM_FUNC_END_ALIAS(__memset)
-
-  In this example, one can call ``__memset`` or ``memset`` with the same
-  result, except the debug information for the instructions is generated to
-  the object file only once -- for the non-``ALIAS`` case.
-
 * ``SYM_CODE_START`` and ``SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL`` should be used only in
   special cases -- if you know what you are doing. This is used exclusively
   for interrupt handlers and similar where the calling convention is not the C
diff --git a/include/linux/linkage.h b/include/linux/linkage.h
index e91e5db92b2b..813e4f37586b 100644
--- a/include/linux/linkage.h
+++ b/include/linux/linkage.h
@@ -219,30 +219,8 @@
 	SYM_ENTRY(name, linkage, SYM_A_NONE)
 #endif
 
-/*
- * SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL_ALIAS -- use where there are two local names for one
- * function
- */
-#ifndef SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL_ALIAS
-#define SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL_ALIAS(name)		\
-	SYM_START(name, SYM_L_LOCAL, SYM_A_ALIGN)
-#endif
-
-/*
- * SYM_FUNC_START_ALIAS -- use where there are two global names for one
- * function
- */
-#ifndef SYM_FUNC_START_ALIAS
-#define SYM_FUNC_START_ALIAS(name)			\
-	SYM_START(name, SYM_L_GLOBAL, SYM_A_ALIGN)
-#endif
-
 /* SYM_FUNC_START -- use for global functions */
 #ifndef SYM_FUNC_START
-/*
- * The same as SYM_FUNC_START_ALIAS, but we will need to distinguish these two
- * later.
- */
 #define SYM_FUNC_START(name)				\
 	SYM_START(name, SYM_L_GLOBAL, SYM_A_ALIGN)
 #endif
@@ -255,7 +233,6 @@
 
 /* SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL -- use for local functions */
 #ifndef SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL
-/* the same as SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL_ALIAS, see comment near SYM_FUNC_START */
 #define SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL(name)			\
 	SYM_START(name, SYM_L_LOCAL, SYM_A_ALIGN)
 #endif
@@ -278,18 +255,11 @@
 	SYM_START(name, SYM_L_WEAK, SYM_A_NONE)
 #endif
 
-/* SYM_FUNC_END_ALIAS -- the end of LOCAL_ALIASed or ALIASed function */
-#ifndef SYM_FUNC_END_ALIAS
-#define SYM_FUNC_END_ALIAS(name)			\
-	SYM_END(name, SYM_T_FUNC)
-#endif
-
 /*
  * SYM_FUNC_END -- the end of SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL, SYM_FUNC_START,
  * SYM_FUNC_START_WEAK, ...
  */
 #ifndef SYM_FUNC_END
-/* the same as SYM_FUNC_END_ALIAS, see comment near SYM_FUNC_START */
 #define SYM_FUNC_END(name)				\
 	SYM_END(name, SYM_T_FUNC)
 #endif
-- 
2.30.2