Re: [PATCH 0/7] Unify <linux/export.h> and <asm/export.h>, remove EXPORT_DATA_SYMBOL()

[Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>]

On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 3:34 AM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> wrote:
>
>
> This patch set refactors EXPORT_SYMBOL, <linux/export.h> and <asm/export.h>.
>
> 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().
>


Sorry, please ignore this patch set.

With further testing for ia64,
I realized it was not working.





>
> Masahiro Yamada (7):
>   modpost: fix section mismatch check for exported init/exit sections
>   modpost: put get_secindex() call inside sec_name()
>   kbuild: generate struct kernel_symbol by modpost
>   ia64,export.h: replace EXPORT_DATA_SYMBOL* with EXPORT_SYMBOL*
>   checkpatch: warn if <asm/export.h> is included
>   modpost: merge sym_update_namespace() into sym_add_exported()
>   modpost: use null string instead of NULL pointer for default namespace
>
>  arch/ia64/include/asm/Kbuild    |   1 +
>  arch/ia64/include/asm/export.h  |   3 -
>  arch/ia64/kernel/head.S         |   2 +-
>  arch/ia64/kernel/ivt.S          |   2 +-
>  include/asm-generic/export.h    |  83 +------------------
>  include/linux/export-internal.h |  44 ++++++++++
>  include/linux/export.h          |  97 ++++++++--------------
>  kernel/module/internal.h        |  12 +++
>  kernel/module/main.c            |   1 -
>  scripts/Makefile.build          |   8 +-
>  scripts/check-local-export      |   4 +-
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl           |   7 ++
>  scripts/mod/modpost.c           | 139 +++++++++++++++++---------------
>  scripts/mod/modpost.h           |   1 +
>  14 files changed, 182 insertions(+), 222 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 arch/ia64/include/asm/export.h
>
> --
> 2.32.0
>


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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada