From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> commit 7ef5264de773279b9f23b6cc8afb5addb30e970b upstream. ref_module isn't used anywhere outside of module.c. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@huawei.com> --- include/linux/module.h | 1 - kernel/module.c | 6 ++---- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h index 5056a346f69e9..f28ada67762c0 100644 --- a/include/linux/module.h +++ b/include/linux/module.h @@ -634,7 +634,6 @@ static inline void __module_get(struct module *module) #define symbol_put_addr(p) do { } while (0) #endif /* CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD */ -int ref_module(struct module *a, struct module *b); /* This is a #define so the string doesn't get put in every .o file */ #define module_name(mod) \ diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c index 276102f5bd2ca..2b230b4d4f896 100644 --- a/kernel/module.c +++ b/kernel/module.c @@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ static int add_module_usage(struct module *a, struct module *b) } /* Module a uses b: caller needs module_mutex() */ -int ref_module(struct module *a, struct module *b) +static int ref_module(struct module *a, struct module *b) { int err; @@ -870,7 +870,6 @@ int ref_module(struct module *a, struct module *b) } return 0; } -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ref_module); /* Clear the unload stuff of the module. */ static void module_unload_free(struct module *mod) @@ -1151,11 +1150,10 @@ static inline void module_unload_free(struct module *mod) { } -int ref_module(struct module *a, struct module *b) +static int ref_module(struct module *a, struct module *b) { return strong_try_module_get(b); } -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ref_module); static inline int module_unload_init(struct module *mod) { -- 2.25.1