Re: [PATCH 3/3] module: Remove obsolete __MODULE_STRING()

[Aaron Tomlin]

On Tue, Sep 22, 2026 at 03:32:23PM +0200, Petr Pavlu wrote:
> __MODULE_STRING() has been an alias for __stringify() since "[PATCH]
> MODULE_PARM support for older modules" [1] in 2002-12. That change also
> moved it to the graveyard section at the end of linux/module.h
> 
> Remove __MODULE_STRING() now that all remaining uses have been replaced
> directly with __stringify().
> 
> Link: https://git.kernel.org/tglx/history/c/136839a1b4 [1]
> Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/module.h | 4 ----
>  1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
> index 96cc98568eea..0d9157a2d487 100644
> --- a/include/linux/module.h
> +++ b/include/linux/module.h
> @@ -886,10 +886,6 @@ extern const struct kobj_type module_ktype;
>  
>  #define symbol_request(x) try_then_request_module(symbol_get(x), "symbol:" #x)
>  
> -/* BELOW HERE ALL THESE ARE OBSOLETE AND WILL VANISH */
> -
> -#define __MODULE_STRING(x) __stringify(x)
> -
>  #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_BUG
>  void module_bug_finalize(const Elf_Ehdr *, const Elf_Shdr *,
>  			 struct module *);
> 
> -- 
> 2.55.0

Reviewed-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@xxxxxxxxxxx>

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Aaron Tomlin