module loader dead code removal and cleanusp

Christoph Hellwig
2021-01-21T20:35:10Z

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(-)