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Signed-off-by: Siddharth Nayyar Reviewed-by: Petr Pavlu --- 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) } -- 2.53.0.1018.g2bb0e51243-goog