[PATCH 1/2] asm-generic/export.h: make __ksymtab_* local symbols

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Fri Oct 18 2019 - 01:03:15 EST


For EXPORT_SYMBOL from C files, <linux/export.h> defines __ksymtab_*
as local symbols.

For EXPORT_SYMBOL from assembly, in contrast, <asm-generic/export.h>
produces globally-visible __ksymtab_* symbols due to this .globl
directive.

I do not understand why this must be global. It still works without
this .globl directive.

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

include/asm-generic/export.h | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/export.h b/include/asm-generic/export.h
index fa577978fbbd..80ef2dc0c8be 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/export.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/export.h
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
*/
.macro ___EXPORT_SYMBOL name,val,sec
#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
- .globl __ksymtab_\name
.section ___ksymtab\sec+\name,"a"
.balign KSYM_ALIGN
__ksymtab_\name:
--
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