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From: Siddharth Nayyar <sidnayyar@google.com>
To: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
	Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
	 Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Cc: Nicolas Schier <nicolas.schier@linux.dev>,
	Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>,  Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org,
	 linux-modules@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	 Siddharth Nayyar <sidnayyar@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH 07/10] linker: remove *_gpl sections from vmlinux and modules
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:54:15 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250829105418.3053274-8-sidnayyar@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250829105418.3053274-1-sidnayyar@google.com>

These sections are not used anymore and can be removed from vmlinux and
modules.

Signed-off-by: Siddharth Nayyar <sidnayyar@google.com>
---
 include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 18 ++----------------
 scripts/module.lds.S              |  2 --
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 310e2de56211..6490b93d23b1 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -490,34 +490,20 @@ defined(CONFIG_AUTOFDO_CLANG) || defined(CONFIG_PROPELLER_CLANG)
 									\
 	PRINTK_INDEX							\
 									\
-	/* Kernel symbol table: Normal symbols */			\
+	/* Kernel symbol table */					\
 	__ksymtab         : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab) - LOAD_OFFSET) {		\
 		__start___ksymtab = .;					\
 		KEEP(*(SORT(___ksymtab+*)))				\
 		__stop___ksymtab = .;					\
 	}								\
 									\
-	/* Kernel symbol table: GPL-only symbols */			\
-	__ksymtab_gpl     : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_gpl) - LOAD_OFFSET) {	\
-		__start___ksymtab_gpl = .;				\
-		KEEP(*(SORT(___ksymtab_gpl+*)))				\
-		__stop___ksymtab_gpl = .;				\
-	}								\
-									\
-	/* Kernel symbol table: Normal symbols */			\
+	/* Kernel symbol CRC table */					\
 	__kcrctab         : AT(ADDR(__kcrctab) - LOAD_OFFSET) {		\
 		__start___kcrctab = .;					\
 		KEEP(*(SORT(___kcrctab+*)))				\
 		__stop___kcrctab = .;					\
 	}								\
 									\
-	/* Kernel symbol table: GPL-only symbols */			\
-	__kcrctab_gpl     : AT(ADDR(__kcrctab_gpl) - LOAD_OFFSET) {	\
-		__start___kcrctab_gpl = .;				\
-		KEEP(*(SORT(___kcrctab_gpl+*)))				\
-		__stop___kcrctab_gpl = .;				\
-	}								\
-									\
 	/* Kernel symbol flags table */					\
 	__kflagstab       : AT(ADDR(__kflagstab) - LOAD_OFFSET) {	\
 		__start___kflagstab = .;				\
diff --git a/scripts/module.lds.S b/scripts/module.lds.S
index 9a8a3b6d1569..1841a43d8771 100644
--- a/scripts/module.lds.S
+++ b/scripts/module.lds.S
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ SECTIONS {
 	}
 
 	__ksymtab		0 : ALIGN(8) { *(SORT(___ksymtab+*)) }
-	__ksymtab_gpl		0 : ALIGN(8) { *(SORT(___ksymtab_gpl+*)) }
 	__kcrctab		0 : ALIGN(4) { *(SORT(___kcrctab+*)) }
-	__kcrctab_gpl		0 : ALIGN(4) { *(SORT(___kcrctab_gpl+*)) }
 	__kflagstab		0 : ALIGN(1) { *(SORT(___kflagstab+*)) }
 
 	.ctors			0 : ALIGN(8) { *(SORT(.ctors.*)) *(.ctors) }
-- 
2.51.0.338.gd7d06c2dae-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-08-29 10:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-08-29 10:54 [RFC PATCH 00/10] scalable symbol flags with __kflagstab Siddharth Nayyar
2025-08-29 10:54 ` [PATCH 01/10] define kernel symbol flags Siddharth Nayyar
2025-08-29 10:54 ` [PATCH 02/10] linker: add kflagstab section to vmlinux and modules Siddharth Nayyar
2025-08-29 10:54 ` [PATCH 03/10] modpost: create entries for kflagstab Siddharth Nayyar
2025-08-29 10:54 ` [PATCH 04/10] module loader: use kflagstab instead of *_gpl sections Siddharth Nayyar
2025-10-08 13:19   ` Petr Pavlu
2025-08-29 10:54 ` [PATCH 05/10] modpost: put all exported symbols in ksymtab section Siddharth Nayyar
2025-08-29 10:54 ` [PATCH 06/10] module loader: remove references of *_gpl sections Siddharth Nayyar
2025-10-08 13:22   ` Petr Pavlu
2025-08-29 10:54 ` Siddharth Nayyar [this message]
2025-08-29 10:54 ` [PATCH 08/10] remove references to *_gpl sections in documentation Siddharth Nayyar
2025-10-08 13:24   ` Petr Pavlu
2025-08-29 10:54 ` [PATCH 09/10] modpost: add symbol import protection flag to kflagstab Siddharth Nayyar
2025-10-08 13:35   ` Petr Pavlu
2025-08-29 10:54 ` [PATCH 10/10] module loader: enforce symbol import protection Siddharth Nayyar
2025-10-08 15:35   ` Petr Pavlu
2025-09-01 12:27 ` [RFC PATCH 00/10] scalable symbol flags with __kflagstab Petr Pavlu
2025-09-03 23:28   ` Sid Nayyar
2025-09-08 10:09     ` Petr Pavlu
2025-09-15 15:53       ` Sid Nayyar
2025-09-22 11:41         ` Petr Pavlu
2025-09-26  0:11           ` Sid Nayyar

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