* Re: [PATCH] module: Remove unused __INIT*_OR_MODULE macros
2025-08-19 12:13 [PATCH] module: Remove unused __INIT*_OR_MODULE macros Petr Pavlu
@ 2025-08-21 23:11 ` Sami Tolvanen
2025-10-22 22:55 ` Daniel Gomez
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From: Sami Tolvanen @ 2025-08-21 23:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Petr Pavlu; +Cc: Luis Chamberlain, Daniel Gomez, linux-modules, linux-kernel
On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 5:14 AM Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com> 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@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Sami
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2025-08-19 12:13 [PATCH] module: Remove unused __INIT*_OR_MODULE macros Petr Pavlu
2025-08-21 23:11 ` Sami Tolvanen
@ 2025-10-22 22:55 ` Daniel Gomez
2025-10-23 2:43 ` Aaron Tomlin
2025-12-22 20:24 ` Sami Tolvanen
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From: Daniel Gomez @ 2025-10-22 22:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Petr Pavlu, Luis Chamberlain, Sami Tolvanen; +Cc: linux-modules, linux-kernel
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@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@samsung.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
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2025-08-19 12:13 [PATCH] module: Remove unused __INIT*_OR_MODULE macros Petr Pavlu
2025-08-21 23:11 ` Sami Tolvanen
2025-10-22 22:55 ` Daniel Gomez
@ 2025-10-23 2:43 ` Aaron Tomlin
2025-12-22 20:24 ` Sami Tolvanen
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From: Aaron Tomlin @ 2025-10-23 2:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Petr Pavlu
Cc: Luis Chamberlain, Daniel Gomez, Sami Tolvanen, linux-modules,
linux-kernel
On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 02:13:37PM +0200, 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@suse.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
> --
> 2.50.1
>
>
Reviewed-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
--
Aaron Tomlin
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2025-08-19 12:13 [PATCH] module: Remove unused __INIT*_OR_MODULE macros Petr Pavlu
` (2 preceding siblings ...)
2025-10-23 2:43 ` Aaron Tomlin
@ 2025-12-22 20:24 ` Sami Tolvanen
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From: Sami Tolvanen @ 2025-12-22 20:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Luis Chamberlain, Daniel Gomez, Petr Pavlu
Cc: Sami Tolvanen, linux-modules, linux-kernel
On Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:13:37 +0200, 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.
>
> [...]
Applied to modules-next, thanks!
[1/1] module: Remove unused __INIT*_OR_MODULE macros
commit: f13bff1b6d55de341f37a24781df5a1253377db3
Best regards,
Sami
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