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There were more EXPORT_SYMBOL types in the past. The following commits removed unused ones. -f1c3d73e97("module: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE") -367948220f("module: remove EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL*") There are 3 remaining in enum export, but export_unknown does not make any sense because we never expect such a situation like "we do not know how it was exported". If the symbol name starts with "__ksymtab_", but the section name does not start with "___ksymtab+" or "___ksymtab_gpl+", it is not an exported symbol. It occurs when a variable starting with "__ksymtab_" is directly defined: int __ksymtab_foo; Presumably, there is no practical issue for using such a weird variable name (but there is no good reason for doing so, either). Anyway, that is not an exported symbol. Setting export_unknown is not the right thing to do. Do not call sym_add_exported() in this case. With pointless export_unknown removed, the export type finally becomes boolean (either EXPORT_SYMBOL or EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL). I renamed the field name to is_gpl_only. EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL sets it true. Only GPL-compatible modules can use it. I removed the orphan comment, "How a symbol is exported", which is unrelated to sec_mismatch_count. It is about enum export. See commitbd5cbcedf4("kbuild: export-type enhancement to modpost.c") Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@fjasle.eu> Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.