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init/version.c: remove Version_<LINUX_VERSION_CODE> symbol
authorMasahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Fri, 26 Feb 2021 01:22:11 +0000 (17:22 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 26 Feb 2021 17:41:04 +0000 (09:41 -0800)
commit42566bde6cd365a09b9ea1194a11fddf8d4fd2f6
treec181e1854d2d9c3c9c75ccfc0ad40c0f1d985173
parent371e2c42c5ac379dfcc65d6302236475d089876b
init/version.c: remove Version_<LINUX_VERSION_CODE> symbol

This code hunk creates a Version_<LINUX_VERSION_CODE> symbol if
CONFIG_KALLSYMS is disabled.  For example, building the kernel v5.10 for
allnoconfig creates the following symbol:

  $ nm vmlinux | grep Version_
  c116b028 B Version_330240

There is no in-tree user of this symbol.

Commit d855aa497569 ("init/version.c: define version_string only if
CONFIG_KALLSYMS is not defined") mentions that Version_* is only used
with ksymoops.

However, a commit in the pre-git era [1] had added the statement,
"ksymoops is useless on 2.6.  Please use the Oops in its original format".

That statement existed until commit 67cf7c4c63fc ("Documentation:
admin-guide: update bug-hunting.rst") finally removed the stale
ksymoops information.

This symbol is no longer needed.

[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/?id=ad68b2f085f5c79e4759ca2d13947b3c885ee831

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210120033452.2895170-1-masahiroy@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Daniel Guilak <guilak@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
init/version.c