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| author | Masahiro Yamada | 2019-09-09 20:04:08 +0900 |
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| committer | Jessica Yu | 2019-09-11 21:40:27 +0200 |
| commit | efd9763d88d120010dd239397a94af92b8a694df (patch) | |
| tree | 14b0217d3ad6ad898d99afb4ac370e60968e55a6 /init/Kconfig | |
| parent | d189c2a4b6f0f4ae2529213c77723dd7bd95b048 (diff) | |
module: move CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS to the sub-menu of MODULES
When CONFIG_MODULES is disabled, CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS is pointless,
thus it should be invisible.
Instead of adding "depends on MODULES", I moved it to the sub-menu
"Enable loadable module support", which is a better fit. I put it
close to TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS because it depends on !UNUSED_SYMBOLS.
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Signed-off-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'init/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | init/Kconfig | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index 6f0ec679b02d..11876e415db3 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -2130,6 +2130,22 @@ config MODULE_ALLOW_MISSING_NAMESPACE_IMPORTS If unsure, say N. +config UNUSED_SYMBOLS + bool "Enable unused/obsolete exported symbols" + default y if X86 + help + Unused but exported symbols make the kernel needlessly bigger. For + that reason most of these unused exports will soon be removed. This + option is provided temporarily to provide a transition period in case + some external kernel module needs one of these symbols anyway. If you + encounter such a case in your module, consider if you are actually + using the right API. (rationale: since nobody in the kernel is using + this in a module, there is a pretty good chance it's actually the + wrong interface to use). If you really need the symbol, please send a + mail to the linux kernel mailing list mentioning the symbol and why + you really need it, and what the merge plan to the mainline kernel for + your module is. + config TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS bool "Trim unused exported kernel symbols" depends on !UNUSED_SYMBOLS |