linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] module: Remove unused __INIT*_OR

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Message-ID: <e237939e-3c59-40b0-97e2-6c038f9e22a9@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:55:29 +0200
From: Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@...nel.org>
To: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@...e.com>, Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
 Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
Cc: linux-modules@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] module: Remove unused __INIT*_OR_MODULE macros

On 19/08/2025 14.13, Petr Pavlu wrote:
> Remove the __INIT_OR_MODULE, __INITDATA_OR_MODULE and
> __INITRODATA_OR_MODULE macros. These were introduced in commit 8b5a10fc6fd0
> ("x86: properly annotate alternatives.c"). Only __INITRODATA_OR_MODULE was
> ever used, in arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c. In 2011, commit dc326fca2b64
> ("x86, cpu: Clean up and unify the NOP selection infrastructure") removed
> this usage.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@...e.com>

Reviewed-by: Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@...sung.com>

> ---
>  include/linux/module.h | 6 ------
>  1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
> index 3319a5269d28..e9e6eeb042aa 100644
> --- a/include/linux/module.h
> +++ b/include/linux/module.h
> @@ -151,16 +151,10 @@ extern void cleanup_module(void);
>  #define __init_or_module
>  #define __initdata_or_module
>  #define __initconst_or_module
> -#define __INIT_OR_MODULE	.text
> -#define __INITDATA_OR_MODULE	.data
> -#define __INITRODATA_OR_MODULE	.section ".rodata","a",%progbits
>  #else
>  #define __init_or_module __init
>  #define __initdata_or_module __initdata
>  #define __initconst_or_module __initconst
> -#define __INIT_OR_MODULE __INIT
> -#define __INITDATA_OR_MODULE __INITDATA
> -#define __INITRODATA_OR_MODULE __INITRODATA
>  #endif /*CONFIG_MODULES*/
>  
>  struct module_kobject *lookup_or_create_module_kobject(const char *name);
> 
> base-commit: be48bcf004f9d0c9207ff21d0edb3b42f253829e