[RFC PATCH 01/15] powerpc/module: Remove unused .ftrace.tramp section

Naveen N Rao naveen at kernel.org
Thu Jun 8 02:55:16 AEST 2023


.ftrace.tramp section is not used for any purpose. This code was added
all the way back in the original commit introducing support for dynamic
ftrace on ppc64 modules. Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Naveen N Rao <naveen at kernel.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/module.h | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/module.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/module.h
index ac53606c259430..a8e2e8339fb7f4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/module.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/module.h
@@ -75,10 +75,6 @@ struct mod_arch_specific {
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
-#    ifdef MODULE
-	asm(".section .ftrace.tramp,\"ax\", at nobits; .align 3; .previous");
-#    endif	/* MODULE */
-
 int module_trampoline_target(struct module *mod, unsigned long trampoline,
 			     unsigned long *target);
 int module_finalize_ftrace(struct module *mod, const Elf_Shdr *sechdrs);
-- 
2.40.1



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