[PATCH 8/8] checkpatch: remove VMLINUX_SYMBOL() check

[Masahiro Yamada]

Now that VMLINUX_SYMBOL() is no-op and being removed, let's stop
checking VMLINUX_SYMBOL().

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 10 ----------
 1 file changed, 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index e16d671..ce582a8 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5121,16 +5121,6 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
-# make sure symbols are always wrapped with VMLINUX_SYMBOL() ...
-# all assignments may have only one of the following with an assignment:
-#	.
-#	ALIGN(...)
-#	VMLINUX_SYMBOL(...)
-		if ($realfile eq 'vmlinux.lds.h' && $line =~ /(?:(?:^|\s)$Ident\s*=|=\s*$Ident(?:\s|$))/) {
-			WARN("MISSING_VMLINUX_SYMBOL",
-			     "vmlinux.lds.h needs VMLINUX_SYMBOL() around C-visible symbols\n" . $herecurr);
-		}
-
 # check for redundant bracing round if etc
 		if ($line =~ /(^.*)\bif\b/ && $1 !~ /else\s*$/) {
 			my ($level, $endln, @chunks) =
-- 
2.7.4