This line was touched by commit f235541699bc ("export.h: allow for per-symbol configurable EXPORT_SYMBOL()"), but the commit log did not explain why. CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS works for me without defined(__KERNEL__). Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/export.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/linux/export.h b/include/linux/export.h index fd8711ed9ac4..cdd98a0d918c 100644 --- a/include/linux/export.h +++ b/include/linux/export.h @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ extern struct module __this_module; #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES -#if defined(__KERNEL__) && !defined(__GENKSYMS__) +#if !defined(__GENKSYMS__) #ifdef CONFIG_MODVERSIONS /* Mark the CRC weak since genksyms apparently decides not to * generate a checksums for some symbols */ -- 2.17.1