The patch titled Subject: lib/test_vmalloc.c: drop empty exit function has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch. Its filename is lib-test_vmallocc-drop-empty-exit-function.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/lib-test_vmallocc-drop-empty-exit-function.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Martin Kaiser <martin@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: lib/test_vmalloc.c: drop empty exit function Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 20:11:58 +0100 The module is never loaded successfully. Therefore, it'll never be unloaded and we can remove the exit function. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240226191159.39509-3-martin@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Martin Kaiser <martin@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/test_vmalloc.c | 5 ----- 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-) --- a/lib/test_vmalloc.c~lib-test_vmallocc-drop-empty-exit-function +++ a/lib/test_vmalloc.c @@ -600,12 +600,7 @@ static int vmalloc_test_init(void) return -EAGAIN; /* Fail will directly unload the module */ } -static void vmalloc_test_exit(void) -{ -} - module_init(vmalloc_test_init) -module_exit(vmalloc_test_exit) MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); MODULE_AUTHOR("Uladzislau Rezki"); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from martin@xxxxxxxxx are lib-test_vmallocc-fix-typo-in-function-name.patch lib-test_vmallocc-drop-empty-exit-function.patch lib-test_vmallocc-use-unsigned-long-constant.patch