Re: [PATCH] vmlinux.lds.h: drop unused __vermagic

[Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>]

+++ Mathias Krause [10/03/19 20:26 +0100]:
>Hi Jessica,
>
>On Mon, 21 Jan 2019 at 12:39, Mathias Krause <minipli@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 2 Jan 2019 at 21:29, Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > +++ Mathias Krause [30/12/18 13:40 +0100]:
>> > >The reference to '__vermagic' is a relict from v2.5 times. And even
>> > >there it had a very short life time, from v2.5.59 (commit 1d411b80ee18
>> > >("Module Sanity Check") in the historic tree) to v2.5.69 (commit
>> > >67ac5b866bda ("[PATCH] complete modinfo section")).
>> > >
>> > >Neither current kernels nor modules contain a '__vermagic' section any
>> > >more, so get rid of it.
>> > >
>> > >Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@googlemail.com>
>> > >Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
>> > >Cc: Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>
>> >
>> > Thanks for the cleanup.
>> >
>> > Reviewed-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>
>> >
>>
>> Arnd, will you carry this patch through your asm-generic tree or did
>> the MAINTAINERS file mislead me here?
>>
>
>looks like Arnd keeps ignoring my Emails. :/ Can you carry this patch
>through your module tree? Or do you think I should ask Andrew Morton
>instead?

Sure, I'll queue this up in modules-next shortly after the merge window.

Thanks,

Jessica