[PATCH 14/33] kbuild: .paravirtprobe section is obsolete, so modpost doesn't need to handle it

Sam Ravnborg
2007-07-17T14:11:52Z

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>

The .paravirtprobe section is obsolete, so modpost doesn't need to handle it.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
---
scripts/mod/modpost.c | 11 -----------
1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index fa33a6b..ece09c5 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -637,12 +637,6 @@ static int strrcmp(const char *s, const char *sub)
* fromsec = .text*
* refsymname = logo_
*
- * Pattern 8:
- * Symbols contained in .paravirtprobe may safely reference .init.text.
- * The pattern is:
- * tosec = .init.text
- * fromsec = .paravirtprobe
- *
* Pattern 10:
* ia64 has machvec table for each platform and
* powerpc has a machine desc table for each platform.
@@ -726,11 +720,6 @@ static int secref_whitelist(const char *modname, const char *tosec,
(strncmp(refsymname, "logo_", strlen("logo_")) == 0))
return 1;

- /* Check for pattern 8 */
- if ((strcmp(tosec, ".init.text") == 0) &&
- (strcmp(fromsec, ".paravirtprobe") == 0))
- return 1;
-
/* Check for pattern 10 */
if ((strcmp(fromsec, ".machvec") == 0) ||
(strcmp(fromsec, ".machine.desc") == 0))
--
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