[PATCH] Add EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL and EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL_GPL
Temporarily add EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL and EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL_GPL. These
will be used as a transition measure for symbols that aren't used in the
kernel and are on the way out. When a module uses such a symbol, a warning
is printk'd at modprobe time.
The main reason for removing unused exports is size: eacho export takes
roughly between 100 and 150 bytes of kernel space in the binary. This
patch gives users the option to immediately get this size gain via a config
option.
Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 9d11550..db5a373 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -58,6 +58,20 @@
VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___ksymtab_gpl) = .; \
} \
\
+ /* Kernel symbol table: Normal unused symbols */ \
+ __ksymtab_unused : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_unused) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___ksymtab_unused) = .; \
+ *(__ksymtab_unused) \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___ksymtab_unused) = .; \
+ } \
+ \
+ /* Kernel symbol table: GPL-only unused symbols */ \
+ __ksymtab_unused_gpl : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_unused_gpl) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___ksymtab_unused_gpl) = .; \
+ *(__ksymtab_unused_gpl) \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___ksymtab_unused_gpl) = .; \
+ } \
+ \
/* Kernel symbol table: GPL-future-only symbols */ \
__ksymtab_gpl_future : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_gpl_future) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___ksymtab_gpl_future) = .; \
@@ -79,6 +93,20 @@
VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___kcrctab_gpl) = .; \
} \
\
+ /* Kernel symbol table: Normal unused symbols */ \
+ __kcrctab_unused : AT(ADDR(__kcrctab_unused) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___kcrctab_unused) = .; \
+ *(__kcrctab_unused) \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___kcrctab_unused) = .; \
+ } \
+ \
+ /* Kernel symbol table: GPL-only unused symbols */ \
+ __kcrctab_unused_gpl : AT(ADDR(__kcrctab_unused_gpl) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___kcrctab_unused_gpl) = .; \
+ *(__kcrctab_unused_gpl) \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___kcrctab_unused_gpl) = .; \
+ } \
+ \
/* Kernel symbol table: GPL-future-only symbols */ \
__kcrctab_gpl_future : AT(ADDR(__kcrctab_gpl_future) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___kcrctab_gpl_future) = .; \