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| author | Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> | 2020-06-01 14:57:05 +0900 |
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| committer | Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> | 2020-06-06 23:36:55 +0900 |
| commit | 52c3416db00d970c91a6992ab6e5ff48e077ad29 (patch) | |
| tree | 8eef0a668baa0753233e5cc6732cf0d90e169fca /tools | |
| parent | 2beee868997485a5718a349c7868260d5ee7378f (diff) | |
| download | linux-52c3416db00d970c91a6992ab6e5ff48e077ad29.tar.bz2 | |
modpost: track if the symbol origin is a dump file or ELF object
The meaning of sym->kernel is obscure; it is set for in-kernel symbols
loaded from Modules.symvers. This happens only when we are building
external modules, and it is used to determine whether to dump symbols
to $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/Modules.symvers
It is clearer to remember whether the symbol or module came from a dump
file or ELF object.
This changes the KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS behavior. Previously, symbols
loaded from KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS are accumulated into the current
$(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/Modules.symvers
Going forward, they will be only used to check symbol references, but
not dumped into the current $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/Modules.symvers. I believe
this makes more sense.
sym->vmlinux will have no user. Remove it too.
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
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