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Linus Torvalds 21a6ab2131 Modules updates for v5.12
Summary of modules changes for the 5.12 merge window:
 
 - Retire EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL() and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE(). These export
   types were introduced between 2006 - 2008. All the of the unused symbols have
   been long removed and gpl future symbols were converted to gpl quite a long
   time ago, and I don't believe these export types have been used ever since.
   So, I think it should be safe to retire those export types now. (Christoph Hellwig)
 
 - Refactor and clean up some aged code cruft in the module loader (Christoph Hellwig)
 
 - Build {,module_}kallsyms_on_each_symbol only when livepatching is enabled, as
   it is the only caller (Christoph Hellwig)
 
 - Unexport find_module() and module_mutex and fix the last module
   callers to not rely on these anymore. Make module_mutex internal to
   the module loader. (Christoph Hellwig)
 
 - Harden ELF checks on module load and validate ELF structures before checking
   the module signature (Frank van der Linden)
 
 - Fix undefined symbol warning for clang (Fangrui Song)
 
 - Fix smatch warning (Dan Carpenter)
 
 Signed-off-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>
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Merge tag 'modules-for-v5.12' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeyu/linux

Pull module updates from Jessica Yu:

 - Retire EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL() and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE(). These
   export types were introduced between 2006 - 2008. All the of the
   unused symbols have been long removed and gpl future symbols were
   converted to gpl quite a long time ago, and I don't believe these
   export types have been used ever since. So, I think it should be safe
   to retire those export types now (Christoph Hellwig)

 - Refactor and clean up some aged code cruft in the module loader
   (Christoph Hellwig)

 - Build {,module_}kallsyms_on_each_symbol only when livepatching is
   enabled, as it is the only caller (Christoph Hellwig)

 - Unexport find_module() and module_mutex and fix the last module
   callers to not rely on these anymore. Make module_mutex internal to
   the module loader (Christoph Hellwig)

 - Harden ELF checks on module load and validate ELF structures before
   checking the module signature (Frank van der Linden)

 - Fix undefined symbol warning for clang (Fangrui Song)

 - Fix smatch warning (Dan Carpenter)

* tag 'modules-for-v5.12' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeyu/linux:
  module: potential uninitialized return in module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol()
  module: remove EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL*
  module: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE
  module: move struct symsearch to module.c
  module: pass struct find_symbol_args to find_symbol
  module: merge each_symbol_section into find_symbol
  module: remove each_symbol_in_section
  module: mark module_mutex static
  kallsyms: only build {,module_}kallsyms_on_each_symbol when required
  kallsyms: refactor {,module_}kallsyms_on_each_symbol
  module: use RCU to synchronize find_module
  module: unexport find_module and module_mutex
  drm: remove drm_fb_helper_modinit
  powerpc/powernv: remove get_cxl_module
  module: harden ELF info handling
  module: Ignore _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_ when warning for undefined symbols
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