Re: [PATCH v3 0/8] Unify and , remove EXPORT_DATA_SYMBOL(), faster TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS

Masahiro Yamada
2022-09-28T21:14:39Z

On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 3:41 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> wrote:
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> This patch set refactors EXPORT_SYMBOL, <linux/export.h> and <asm/export.h>.
> Also, re-implement TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS in one-pass.
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> You can still put EXPORT_SYMBOL() in *.S file, very close to the definition,
> but you do not need to care about whether it is a function or a data.
> Remove EXPORT_DATA_SYMBOL().
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> In v1, I broke ia64 because of missing distinction between functions and data.
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> V2 handles it correctly.
> If the exported symbols is a function, KSYMTAB_FUNC is output.
> Otherwise, KSYMTAB_DATA is output.
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I noticed this patch set is broken in multiple ways.
No test is needed.
(0day may send various reports, but please ignore them)

I will fix the code when I have time.

Best Regards

Masahiro Yamada