Re: [PATCH] of: drop symbols declared by _OF_DECLARE() from modules

[Masahiro Yamada]

Hi Arnd,

2016-01-14 19:14 GMT+09:00 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>:
> On Thursday 14 January 2016 13:33:06 Masahiro Yamada wrote:
>>
>> -#ifdef CONFIG_OF
>> +#if defined(CONFIG_OF) && !defined(MODULE)
>>  #define _OF_DECLARE(table, name, compat, fn, fn_type)                  \
>>         static const struct of_device_id __of_table_##name              \
>>                 __used __section(__##table##_of_table)                  \
>> --
>>
>
> Doesn't this lead to "unused function" warnings? Maybe we can change the "__used"
> into "__unused" when MODULE is set,

Yes, this is my intention.

I think this patch does so,
unless I am missing something...


  #if defined(CONFIG_OF) && !defined(MODULE)
          __used
  #else
          __unused
  #endif



> so the compiler will automatically
> drop all code that is only referenced from the entry.


-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada