module: remove EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL*

EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL* is not actually used anywhere.  Remove the
unused functionality as we generally just remove unused code anyway.

Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>

arch/arm/configs/bcm2835_defconfig

@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY=y
 CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y
 # CONFIG_ENABLE_MUST_CHECK is not set
-CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT=y
 CONFIG_LOCKUP_DETECTOR=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_TRACER=y

arch/arm/configs/mxs_defconfig

@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ CONFIG_FONTS=y
 CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y
 CONFIG_FRAME_WARN=2048
-CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
 CONFIG_SOFTLOCKUP_DETECTOR=y

arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlp_defconfig

@@ -549,7 +549,6 @@ CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y
 # CONFIG_ENABLE_MUST_CHECK is not set
 CONFIG_FRAME_WARN=1024
-CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT=y
 CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK=y
 CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS=y

arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlr_defconfig

@@ -500,7 +500,6 @@ CONFIG_CRC7=m
 CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y
 # CONFIG_ENABLE_MUST_CHECK is not set
-CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT=y
 CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK=y
 CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS=y

arch/parisc/configs/generic-32bit_defconfig

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ CONFIG_PCI_LBA=y
 CONFIG_MODULES=y
 CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
 CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y
-CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS=y
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_BSG is not set
 # CONFIG_CORE_DUMP_DEFAULT_ELF_HEADERS is not set
 CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m

arch/parisc/configs/generic-64bit_defconfig

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_LOAD=y
 CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
 CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y
 CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
-CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY=y
 CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m
 # CONFIG_COMPACTION is not set

arch/powerpc/configs/ppc6xx_defconfig

@@ -1072,7 +1072,6 @@ CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15=m
 CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R=m
 CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_U=m
 CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y
-CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_HEADERS_INSTALL=y
 CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y

arch/s390/configs/debug_defconfig

@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y
 CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
 CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL=y
 CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_SHA256=y
-CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_THROTTLING=y
 CONFIG_BLK_WBT=y

arch/s390/configs/defconfig

@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y
 CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
 CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL=y
 CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_SHA256=y
-CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_THROTTLING=y
 CONFIG_BLK_WBT=y
 CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP_IOLATENCY=y

arch/sh/configs/edosk7760_defconfig

@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ CONFIG_NLS_UTF8=y
 CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME=y
 # CONFIG_ENABLE_MUST_CHECK is not set
 CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
-CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SHIRQ=y
 CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK=y

arch/sh/configs/sdk7780_defconfig

@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15=y
 CONFIG_NLS_UTF8=y
 # CONFIG_ENABLE_MUST_CHECK is not set
 CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
-CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
 CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK=y
 # CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG is not set

arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig

@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL=y
 CONFIG_MODULES=y
 CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
 CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y
-# CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS is not set
 CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y
 CONFIG_NET=y
 CONFIG_PACKET=y

arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig

@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL=y
 CONFIG_MODULES=y
 CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
 CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y
-# CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS is not set
 CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y
 CONFIG_NET=y
 CONFIG_PACKET=y

arch/x86/tools/relocs.c

@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ static const char * const sym_regex_kernel[S_NSYMTYPES] = {
 	"(__iommu_table|__apicdrivers|__smp_locks)(|_end)|"
 	"__(start|end)_pci_.*|"
 	"__(start|end)_builtin_fw|"
-	"__(start|stop)___ksymtab(|_gpl|_unused|_unused_gpl)|"
-	"__(start|stop)___kcrctab(|_gpl|_unused|_unused_gpl)|"
+	"__(start|stop)___ksymtab(|_gpl)|"
+	"__(start|stop)___kcrctab(|_gpl)|"
 	"__(start|stop)___param|"
 	"__(start|stop)___modver|"
 	"__(start|stop)___bug_table|"

include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h

@@ -481,20 +481,6 @@
 		__stop___ksymtab_gpl = .;				\
 	}								\
 									\
-	/* Kernel symbol table: Normal unused symbols */		\
-	__ksymtab_unused  : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_unused) - LOAD_OFFSET) {	\
-		__start___ksymtab_unused = .;				\
-		KEEP(*(SORT(___ksymtab_unused+*)))			\
-		__stop___ksymtab_unused = .;				\
-	}								\
-									\
-	/* Kernel symbol table: GPL-only unused symbols */		\
-	__ksymtab_unused_gpl : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_unused_gpl) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
-		__start___ksymtab_unused_gpl = .;			\
-		KEEP(*(SORT(___ksymtab_unused_gpl+*)))			\
-		__stop___ksymtab_unused_gpl = .;			\
-	}								\
-									\
 	/* Kernel symbol table: Normal symbols */			\
 	__kcrctab         : AT(ADDR(__kcrctab) - LOAD_OFFSET) {		\
 		__start___kcrctab = .;					\
@@ -509,20 +495,6 @@
 		__stop___kcrctab_gpl = .;				\
 	}								\
 									\
-	/* Kernel symbol table: Normal unused symbols */		\
-	__kcrctab_unused  : AT(ADDR(__kcrctab_unused) - LOAD_OFFSET) {	\
-		__start___kcrctab_unused = .;				\
-		KEEP(*(SORT(___kcrctab_unused+*)))			\
-		__stop___kcrctab_unused = .;				\
-	}								\
-									\
-	/* Kernel symbol table: GPL-only unused symbols */		\
-	__kcrctab_unused_gpl : AT(ADDR(__kcrctab_unused_gpl) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
-		__start___kcrctab_unused_gpl = .;			\
-		KEEP(*(SORT(___kcrctab_unused_gpl+*)))			\
-		__stop___kcrctab_unused_gpl = .;			\
-	}								\
-									\
 	/* Kernel symbol table: strings */				\
         __ksymtab_strings : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_strings) - LOAD_OFFSET) {	\
 		*(__ksymtab_strings)					\

include/linux/export.h

@@ -160,14 +160,6 @@ struct kernel_symbol {
 #define EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS(sym, ns)	__EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, "", #ns)
 #define EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(sym, ns)	__EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, "_gpl", #ns)
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS
-#define EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL(sym)	_EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, "_unused")
-#define EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL_GPL(sym)	_EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, "_unused_gpl")
-#else
-#define EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL(sym)
-#define EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL_GPL(sym)
-#endif
-
 #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_EXPORT_H */

include/linux/module.h

@@ -392,18 +392,6 @@ struct module {
 	const s32 *gpl_crcs;
 	bool using_gplonly_symbols;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS
-	/* unused exported symbols. */
-	const struct kernel_symbol *unused_syms;
-	const s32 *unused_crcs;
-	unsigned int num_unused_syms;
-
-	/* GPL-only, unused exported symbols. */
-	unsigned int num_unused_gpl_syms;
-	const struct kernel_symbol *unused_gpl_syms;
-	const s32 *unused_gpl_crcs;
-#endif
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_SIG
 	/* Signature was verified. */
 	bool sig_ok;

init/Kconfig

@@ -2262,25 +2262,8 @@ config MODULE_ALLOW_MISSING_NAMESPACE_IMPORTS
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
-config UNUSED_SYMBOLS
-	bool "Enable unused/obsolete exported symbols"
-	default y if X86
-	help
-	  Unused but exported symbols make the kernel needlessly bigger.  For
-	  that reason most of these unused exports will soon be removed.  This
-	  option is provided temporarily to provide a transition period in case
-	  some external kernel module needs one of these symbols anyway. If you
-	  encounter such a case in your module, consider if you are actually
-	  using the right API.  (rationale: since nobody in the kernel is using
-	  this in a module, there is a pretty good chance it's actually the
-	  wrong interface to use).  If you really need the symbol, please send a
-	  mail to the linux kernel mailing list mentioning the symbol and why
-	  you really need it, and what the merge plan to the mainline kernel for
-	  your module is.
-
 config TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS
 	bool "Trim unused exported kernel symbols"
-	depends on !UNUSED_SYMBOLS
 	help
 	  The kernel and some modules make many symbols available for
 	  other modules to use via EXPORT_SYMBOL() and variants. Depending

kernel/module.c

@@ -410,14 +410,6 @@ extern const struct kernel_symbol __start___ksymtab_gpl[];
 extern const struct kernel_symbol __stop___ksymtab_gpl[];
 extern const s32 __start___kcrctab[];
 extern const s32 __start___kcrctab_gpl[];
-#ifdef CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS
-extern const struct kernel_symbol __start___ksymtab_unused[];
-extern const struct kernel_symbol __stop___ksymtab_unused[];
-extern const struct kernel_symbol __start___ksymtab_unused_gpl[];
-extern const struct kernel_symbol __stop___ksymtab_unused_gpl[];
-extern const s32 __start___kcrctab_unused[];
-extern const s32 __start___kcrctab_unused_gpl[];
-#endif
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_MODVERSIONS
 #define symversion(base, idx) NULL
@@ -432,7 +424,6 @@ struct symsearch {
 		NOT_GPL_ONLY,
 		GPL_ONLY,
 	} license;
-	bool unused;
 };
 
 struct find_symbol_arg {
@@ -456,19 +447,6 @@ static bool check_exported_symbol(const struct symsearch *syms,
 
 	if (!fsa->gplok && syms->license == GPL_ONLY)
 		return false;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS
-	if (syms->unused && fsa->warn) {
-		pr_warn("Symbol %s is marked as UNUSED, however this module is "
-			"using it.\n", fsa->name);
-		pr_warn("This symbol will go away in the future.\n");
-		pr_warn("Please evaluate if this is the right api to use and "
-			"if it really is, submit a report to the linux kernel "
-			"mailing list together with submitting your code for "
-			"inclusion.\n");
-	}
-#endif
-
 	fsa->owner = owner;
 	fsa->crc = symversion(syms->crcs, symnum);
 	fsa->sym = &syms->start[symnum];
@@ -535,18 +513,10 @@ static bool find_symbol(struct find_symbol_arg *fsa)
 {
 	static const struct symsearch arr[] = {
 		{ __start___ksymtab, __stop___ksymtab, __start___kcrctab,
-		  NOT_GPL_ONLY, false },
+		  NOT_GPL_ONLY },
 		{ __start___ksymtab_gpl, __stop___ksymtab_gpl,
 		  __start___kcrctab_gpl,
-		  GPL_ONLY, false },
-#ifdef CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS
-		{ __start___ksymtab_unused, __stop___ksymtab_unused,
-		  __start___kcrctab_unused,
-		  NOT_GPL_ONLY, true },
-		{ __start___ksymtab_unused_gpl, __stop___ksymtab_unused_gpl,
-		  __start___kcrctab_unused_gpl,
-		  GPL_ONLY, true },
-#endif
+		  GPL_ONLY },
 	};
 	struct module *mod;
 	unsigned int i;
@@ -561,20 +531,10 @@ static bool find_symbol(struct find_symbol_arg *fsa)
 				lockdep_is_held(&module_mutex)) {
 		struct symsearch arr[] = {
 			{ mod->syms, mod->syms + mod->num_syms, mod->crcs,
-			  NOT_GPL_ONLY, false },
+			  NOT_GPL_ONLY },
 			{ mod->gpl_syms, mod->gpl_syms + mod->num_gpl_syms,
 			  mod->gpl_crcs,
-			  GPL_ONLY, false },
-#ifdef CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS
-			{ mod->unused_syms,
-			  mod->unused_syms + mod->num_unused_syms,
-			  mod->unused_crcs,
-			  NOT_GPL_ONLY, true },
-			{ mod->unused_gpl_syms,
-			  mod->unused_gpl_syms + mod->num_unused_gpl_syms,
-			  mod->unused_gpl_crcs,
-			  GPL_ONLY, true },
-#endif
+			  GPL_ONLY },
 		};
 
 		if (mod->state == MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED)
@@ -2274,10 +2234,6 @@ static int verify_exported_symbols(struct module *mod)
 	} arr[] = {
 		{ mod->syms, mod->num_syms },
 		{ mod->gpl_syms, mod->num_gpl_syms },
-#ifdef CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS
-		{ mod->unused_syms, mod->num_unused_syms },
-		{ mod->unused_gpl_syms, mod->num_unused_gpl_syms },
-#endif
 	};
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(arr); i++) {
@@ -3290,16 +3246,6 @@ static int find_module_sections(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
 				     &mod->num_gpl_syms);
 	mod->gpl_crcs = section_addr(info, "__kcrctab_gpl");
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS
-	mod->unused_syms = section_objs(info, "__ksymtab_unused",
-					sizeof(*mod->unused_syms),
-					&mod->num_unused_syms);
-	mod->unused_crcs = section_addr(info, "__kcrctab_unused");
-	mod->unused_gpl_syms = section_objs(info, "__ksymtab_unused_gpl",
-					    sizeof(*mod->unused_gpl_syms),
-					    &mod->num_unused_gpl_syms);
-	mod->unused_gpl_crcs = section_addr(info, "__kcrctab_unused_gpl");
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS
 	mod->ctors = section_objs(info, ".ctors",
 				  sizeof(*mod->ctors), &mod->num_ctors);
@@ -3480,13 +3426,8 @@ static int check_module_license_and_versions(struct module *mod)
 		pr_warn("%s: module license taints kernel.\n", mod->name);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODVERSIONS
-	if ((mod->num_syms && !mod->crcs)
-	    || (mod->num_gpl_syms && !mod->gpl_crcs)
-#ifdef CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS
-	    || (mod->num_unused_syms && !mod->unused_crcs)
-	    || (mod->num_unused_gpl_syms && !mod->unused_gpl_crcs)
-#endif
-		) {
+	if ((mod->num_syms && !mod->crcs) ||
+	    (mod->num_gpl_syms && !mod->gpl_crcs)) {
 		return try_to_force_load(mod,
 					 "no versions for exported symbols");
 	}

scripts/checkpatch.pl

@@ -4290,8 +4290,7 @@ sub process {
 		if (defined $realline_next &&
 		    exists $lines[$realline_next - 1] &&
 		    !defined $suppress_export{$realline_next} &&
-		    ($lines[$realline_next - 1] =~ /EXPORT_SYMBOL.*\((.*)\)/ ||
-		     $lines[$realline_next - 1] =~ /EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL.*\((.*)\)/)) {
+		    ($lines[$realline_next - 1] =~ /EXPORT_SYMBOL.*\((.*)\)/)) {
 			# Handle definitions which produce identifiers with
 			# a prefix:
 			#   XXX(foo);
@@ -4318,8 +4317,7 @@ sub process {
 		}
 		if (!defined $suppress_export{$linenr} &&
 		    $prevline =~ /^.\s*$/ &&
-		    ($line =~ /EXPORT_SYMBOL.*\((.*)\)/ ||
-		     $line =~ /EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL.*\((.*)\)/)) {
+		    ($line =~ /EXPORT_SYMBOL.*\((.*)\)/)) {
 #print "FOO B <$lines[$linenr - 1]>\n";
 			$suppress_export{$linenr} = 2;
 		}