From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CB42C43381 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2019 11:55:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF9BC2086A for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2019 11:55:29 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1552305330; bh=EKxwG/qfQQ9/W+NkA+tIC2TchJFLWz0TrfiUdjN5i/Y=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=DphGJGlYLPBVNfI0OYqHGEFBZBwsgCQKuk961NLdAPMHm07kkX5wb4qhxGshb6PhB wXlXTq2UhT7Bnu00PsA0RDGrxiQuWXszpS3UmEF6FGWg51dlcR/6kLg+golW9byGAm DOn115EWWVEOT2ae6KxLwBGW7voqr1bZEsJ7RBaY= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726977AbfCKLz2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Mar 2019 07:55:28 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:39200 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725870AbfCKLz2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Mar 2019 07:55:28 -0400 Received: from linux-8ccs (ip5f5ade5e.dynamic.kabel-deutschland.de [95.90.222.94]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 96BCB206BA; Mon, 11 Mar 2019 11:55:26 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1552305327; bh=EKxwG/qfQQ9/W+NkA+tIC2TchJFLWz0TrfiUdjN5i/Y=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=0cm+EiySYb1k8Y0kNmE4Aj19KE87EL7tUwnDOdRwV/2Lg3aFlL0+0wMvTSMM8sI/Q ZsA+zw0wAxTSrj5th0dYOIBZotpsFYu7hPjVOEpgyzykF8fd2gOYRbjabeX0jUQzml qTrzKgsmvAxHV/5w3baTCdev0uLlyL9vGs7IxLws= Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 12:55:23 +0100 From: Jessica Yu To: Mathias Krause Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Rusty Russell , Arnd Bergmann Subject: Re: [PATCH] vmlinux.lds.h: drop unused __vermagic Message-ID: <20190311115523.GA30951@linux-8ccs> References: <1546173604-26066-1-git-send-email-minipli@googlemail.com> <20190102202938.GA26600@linux-8ccs> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-OS: Linux linux-8ccs 4.12.14-lp150.12.28-default x86_64 User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org +++ Mathias Krause [10/03/19 20:26 +0100]: >Hi Jessica, > >On Mon, 21 Jan 2019 at 12:39, Mathias Krause wrote: >> >> On Wed, 2 Jan 2019 at 21:29, Jessica Yu 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 >> > >Cc: Rusty Russell >> > >Cc: Jessica Yu >> > >> > Thanks for the cleanup. >> > >> > Reviewed-by: Jessica Yu >> > >> >> 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