This patch set refactors EXPORT_SYMBOL, <linux/export.h> and <asm/export.h>. You can still put EXPORT_SYMBOL() in *.S file, very close to the definition, but you do not need to care about whether it is a function or a data. Remove EXPORT_DATA_SYMBOL(). Masahiro Yamada (7): modpost: fix section mismatch check for exported init/exit sections modpost: put get_secindex() call inside sec_name() kbuild: generate struct kernel_symbol by modpost ia64,export.h: replace EXPORT_DATA_SYMBOL* with EXPORT_SYMBOL* checkpatch: warn if <asm/export.h> is included modpost: merge sym_update_namespace() into sym_add_exported() modpost: use null string instead of NULL pointer for default namespace arch/ia64/include/asm/Kbuild | 1 + arch/ia64/include/asm/export.h | 3 - arch/ia64/kernel/head.S | 2 +- arch/ia64/kernel/ivt.S | 2 +- include/asm-generic/export.h | 83 +------------------ include/linux/export-internal.h | 44 ++++++++++ include/linux/export.h | 97 ++++++++-------------- kernel/module/internal.h | 12 +++ kernel/module/main.c | 1 - scripts/Makefile.build | 8 +- scripts/check-local-export | 4 +- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 7 ++ scripts/mod/modpost.c | 139 +++++++++++++++++--------------- scripts/mod/modpost.h | 1 + 14 files changed, 182 insertions(+), 222 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 arch/ia64/include/asm/export.h -- 2.32.0
