[PATCH v5 6/7] module: remove *_gpl sections from vmlinux and modules

Siddharth Nayyar
2026-03-26T21:25:32Z

These sections are not used anymore and can be removed from vmlinux and
modules during linking.

Signed-off-by: Siddharth Nayyar <sidnayyar@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
---
include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 18 ++----------------
scripts/module.lds.S | 2 --
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index d64a475c468a..6f47c4c56574 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -508,34 +508,20 @@
\
PRINTK_INDEX \
\
- /* Kernel symbol table: Normal symbols */ \
+ /* Kernel symbol table */ \
__ksymtab : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
__start___ksymtab = .; \
KEEP(*(SORT(___ksymtab+*))) \
__stop___ksymtab = .; \
} \
\
- /* Kernel symbol table: GPL-only symbols */ \
- __ksymtab_gpl : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_gpl) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
- __start___ksymtab_gpl = .; \
- KEEP(*(SORT(___ksymtab_gpl+*))) \
- __stop___ksymtab_gpl = .; \
- } \
- \
- /* Kernel symbol table: Normal symbols */ \
+ /* Kernel symbol CRC table */ \
__kcrctab : AT(ADDR(__kcrctab) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
__start___kcrctab = .; \
KEEP(*(SORT(___kcrctab+*))) \
__stop___kcrctab = .; \
} \
\
- /* Kernel symbol table: GPL-only symbols */ \
- __kcrctab_gpl : AT(ADDR(__kcrctab_gpl) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
- __start___kcrctab_gpl = .; \
- KEEP(*(SORT(___kcrctab_gpl+*))) \
- __stop___kcrctab_gpl = .; \
- } \
- \
/* Kernel symbol flags table */ \
__kflagstab : AT(ADDR(__kflagstab) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
__start___kflagstab = .; \
diff --git a/scripts/module.lds.S b/scripts/module.lds.S
index d7a8ba278dfc..23fa452eb16d 100644
--- a/scripts/module.lds.S
+++ b/scripts/module.lds.S
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ SECTIONS {
}

__ksymtab 0 : ALIGN(8) { *(SORT(___ksymtab+*)) }
- __ksymtab_gpl 0 : ALIGN(8) { *(SORT(___ksymtab_gpl+*)) }
__kcrctab 0 : ALIGN(4) { *(SORT(___kcrctab+*)) }
- __kcrctab_gpl 0 : ALIGN(4) { *(SORT(___kcrctab_gpl+*)) }
__kflagstab 0 : ALIGN(1) { *(SORT(___kflagstab+*)) }

.ctors 0 : ALIGN(8) { *(SORT(.ctors.*)) *(.ctors) }

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2.53.0.1018.g2bb0e51243-goog