I will squash this into https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-kbuild/patch/20220513113930.10488-3-masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx/ Sedat Reported an error: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/CA+icZUWttwjhDNPO1VuVyiMoReH5e83nsYDd0rEoY8-Uwv6pHw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#md82f561e348b7959b7270c33ac86fa3edb0d773a __used is needed to make the combination of CONFIG_MODVERSIONS and CONFIG_LTO_CLANG working. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/export-internal.h | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/linux/export-internal.h b/include/linux/export-internal.h index 77175d561058..c2b1d4fd5987 100644 --- a/include/linux/export-internal.h +++ b/include/linux/export-internal.h @@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ #include <linux/compiler.h> #include <linux/types.h> +/* __used is needed to keep __crc_* for LTO */ #define SYMBOL_CRC(sym, crc, sec) \ - u32 __section("___kcrctab" sec "+" #sym) __crc_##sym = crc + u32 __section("___kcrctab" sec "+" #sym) __used __crc_##sym = crc #endif /* __LINUX_EXPORT_INTERNAL_H__ */ -- 2.32.0