Re: [PATCH] module: Remove the unused function within

[Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>]

On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 04:47:44PM +0000, Chris Down wrote:
> Jiapeng Chong writes:
> > The function within is defined in the main.c file, but not called
> > elsewhere, so remove this unused function.
> 
> Huh? It's used by __module_text_address(), no?

Not after commit 2ece476a2346 ("module: replace module_layout with
module_memory") in -next. This patch should have a fixes tag, even if
the warning is currently hidden behind W=1.

> > kernel/module/main.c:3007:19: warning: unused function 'within'.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@linux.alibaba.com>
> > Link: https://bugzilla.openanolis.cn/show_bug.cgi?id=4035
> > Signed-off-by: Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@linux.alibaba.com>
> > ---
> > kernel/module/main.c | 5 -----
> > 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c
> > index c598f11e7016..062065568b40 100644
> > --- a/kernel/module/main.c
> > +++ b/kernel/module/main.c
> > @@ -3004,11 +3004,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(finit_module, int, fd, const char __user *, uargs, int, flags)
> > 	return load_module(&info, uargs, flags);
> > }
> > 
> > -static inline int within(unsigned long addr, void *start, unsigned long size)
> > -{
> > -	return ((void *)addr >= start && (void *)addr < start + size);
> > -}
> > -
> > /* Keep in sync with MODULE_FLAGS_BUF_SIZE !!! */
> > char *module_flags(struct module *mod, char *buf, bool show_state)
> > {
> > -- 
> > 2.20.1.7.g153144c
> >