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-rw-r--r--include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h3
-rw-r--r--include/linux/init.h8
-rw-r--r--scripts/mod/modpost.c18
3 files changed, 0 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index eaa06ef6f7d9..89853bcd27a6 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@
/* .data section */
#define DATA_DATA \
*(.data) \
- *(.data.init.refok) \
*(.ref.data) \
DEV_KEEP(init.data) \
DEV_KEEP(exit.data) \
@@ -289,8 +288,6 @@
*(.text.hot) \
*(.text) \
*(.ref.text) \
- *(.text.init.refok) \
- *(.exit.text.refok) \
DEV_KEEP(init.text) \
DEV_KEEP(exit.text) \
CPU_KEEP(init.text) \
diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
index 20a1334e34e9..0e06c176f185 100644
--- a/include/linux/init.h
+++ b/include/linux/init.h
@@ -62,14 +62,6 @@
#define __refdata __section(.ref.data)
#define __refconst __section(.ref.rodata)
-/* backward compatibility note
- * A few places hardcode the old section names:
- * .text.init.refok
- * .data.init.refok
- * .exit.text.refok
- * They should be converted to use the defines from this file
- */
-
/* compatibility defines */
#define __init_refok __ref
#define __initdata_refok __refdata
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index df6e6286a065..8d46ea7d6715 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -794,15 +794,6 @@ static const char *init_exit_sections[] =
/* data section */
static const char *data_sections[] = { DATA_SECTIONS, NULL };
-/* sections that may refer to an init/exit section with no warning */
-static const char *initref_sections[] =
-{
- ".text.init.refok*",
- ".exit.text.refok*",
- ".data.init.refok*",
- NULL
-};
-
/* symbols in .data that may refer to init/exit sections */
static const char *symbol_white_list[] =
@@ -915,11 +906,6 @@ static int section_mismatch(const char *fromsec, const char *tosec)
/**
* Whitelist to allow certain references to pass with no warning.
*
- * Pattern 0:
- * Do not warn if funtion/data are marked with __init_refok/__initdata_refok.
- * The pattern is identified by:
- * fromsec = .text.init.refok* | .data.init.refok*
- *
* Pattern 1:
* If a module parameter is declared __initdata and permissions=0
* then this is legal despite the warning generated.
@@ -958,10 +944,6 @@ static int section_mismatch(const char *fromsec, const char *tosec)
static int secref_whitelist(const char *fromsec, const char *fromsym,
const char *tosec, const char *tosym)
{
- /* Check for pattern 0 */
- if (match(fromsec, initref_sections))
- return 0;
-
/* Check for pattern 1 */
if (match(tosec, init_data_sections) &&
match(fromsec, data_sections) &&