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[1/2] asm-generic/export.h: make __ksymtab_* local symbols

Message ID 20191018043148.6285-1-yamada.masahiro@socionext.com
State Accepted
Commit a31ec048ef01a76ff893e0fa482e569d04d0c4b4
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Series [1/2] asm-generic/export.h: make __ksymtab_* local symbols | expand

Commit Message

Masahiro Yamada Oct. 18, 2019, 4:31 a.m. UTC
For EXPORT_SYMBOL from C files, <linux/export.h> defines __ksymtab_*
as local symbols.

For EXPORT_SYMBOL from assembly, in contrast, <asm-generic/export.h>
produces globally-visible __ksymtab_* symbols due to this .globl
directive.

I do not understand why this must be global.  It still works without
this .globl directive.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>

---

 include/asm-generic/export.h | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

-- 
2.17.1

Comments

Masahiro Yamada Nov. 6, 2019, 3:41 p.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 2:03 PM Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> wrote:
>

> For EXPORT_SYMBOL from C files, <linux/export.h> defines __ksymtab_*

> as local symbols.

>

> For EXPORT_SYMBOL from assembly, in contrast, <asm-generic/export.h>

> produces globally-visible __ksymtab_* symbols due to this .globl

> directive.

>

> I do not understand why this must be global.  It still works without

> this .globl directive.

>

> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>

> ---


I did not get objection, at least.

Applied to linux-kbuild.



>

>  include/asm-generic/export.h | 1 -

>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

>

> diff --git a/include/asm-generic/export.h b/include/asm-generic/export.h

> index fa577978fbbd..80ef2dc0c8be 100644

> --- a/include/asm-generic/export.h

> +++ b/include/asm-generic/export.h

> @@ -31,7 +31,6 @@

>   */

>  .macro ___EXPORT_SYMBOL name,val,sec

>  #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES

> -       .globl __ksymtab_\name

>         .section ___ksymtab\sec+\name,"a"

>         .balign KSYM_ALIGN

>  __ksymtab_\name:

> --

> 2.17.1

>



-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada
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diff --git a/include/asm-generic/export.h b/include/asm-generic/export.h
index fa577978fbbd..80ef2dc0c8be 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/export.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/export.h
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ 
  */
 .macro ___EXPORT_SYMBOL name,val,sec
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
-	.globl __ksymtab_\name
 	.section ___ksymtab\sec+\name,"a"
 	.balign KSYM_ALIGN
 __ksymtab_\name: