Except for two lockdep asserts module_mutex is only used in module.c. Remove the two asserts given that the functions they are in are not exported and just called from the module code, and mark module_mutex static. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> --- include/linux/module.h | 2 -- kernel/module.c | 2 +- lib/bug.c | 3 --- 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h index 695f127745af10..c92c30a285144f 100644 --- a/include/linux/module.h +++ b/include/linux/module.h @@ -550,8 +550,6 @@ static inline unsigned long kallsyms_symbol_value(const Elf_Sym *sym) } #endif -extern struct mutex module_mutex; - /* FIXME: It'd be nice to isolate modules during init, too, so they aren't used before they (may) fail. But presently too much code (IDE & SCSI) require entry into the module during init.*/ diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c index e141e5d1d7beaf..d163c78ca8ed69 100644 --- a/kernel/module.c +++ b/kernel/module.c @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ * 3) module_addr_min/module_addr_max. * (delete and add uses RCU list operations). */ -DEFINE_MUTEX(module_mutex); +static DEFINE_MUTEX(module_mutex); static LIST_HEAD(modules); /* Work queue for freeing init sections in success case */ diff --git a/lib/bug.c b/lib/bug.c index 7103440c0ee1af..8f9d537bfb2a59 100644 --- a/lib/bug.c +++ b/lib/bug.c @@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ void module_bug_finalize(const Elf_Ehdr *hdr, const Elf_Shdr *sechdrs, char *secstrings; unsigned int i; - lockdep_assert_held(&module_mutex); - mod->bug_table = NULL; mod->num_bugs = 0; @@ -118,7 +116,6 @@ void module_bug_finalize(const Elf_Ehdr *hdr, const Elf_Shdr *sechdrs, void module_bug_cleanup(struct module *mod) { - lockdep_assert_held(&module_mutex); list_del_rcu(&mod->bug_list); } -- 2.29.2