Re: [PATCH] vmlinux.lds.h: drop unused __vermagic

[Jessica Yu]

+++ Mathias Krause [10/03/19 20:26 +0100]:
> Hi Jessica,
>
> On Mon, 21 Jan 2019 at 12:39, Mathias Krause <minipli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2 Jan 2019 at 21:29, Jessica Yu <jeyu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > +++ Mathias Krause [30/12/18 13:40 +0100]:
> > > >The reference to '__vermagic' is a relict from v2.5 times. And even
> > > >there it had a very short life time, from v2.5.59 (commit 1d411b80ee18
> > > >("Module Sanity Check") in the historic tree) to v2.5.69 (commit
> > > >67ac5b866bda ("[PATCH] complete modinfo section")).
> > > >
> > > >Neither current kernels nor modules contain a '__vermagic' section any
> > > >more, so get rid of it.
> > > >
> > > >Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >Cc: Jessica Yu <jeyu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Thanks for the cleanup.
> > >
> > > Reviewed-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> >
> > Arnd, will you carry this patch through your asm-generic tree or did
> > the MAINTAINERS file mislead me here?
>
> looks like Arnd keeps ignoring my Emails. :/ Can you carry this patch
> through your module tree? Or do you think I should ask Andrew Morton
> instead?

Sure, I'll queue this up in modules-next shortly after the merge window.

Thanks,

Jessica