[PATCH 3/4] include: <linux/compiler.h>: delete __ADDRESSABLE macro

Ahmad Fatoum a.fatoum at pengutronix.de
Mon Jan 3 03:58:23 PST 2022


The macro is non-functional, because it requires linker script changes.
Instead of doing those and risking breakage, just drop it. These can be
done when the macro is actually needed.

Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at pengutronix.de>
---
 include/linux/compiler.h | 10 ----------
 1 file changed, 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index f61a45841470..6654c164f594 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -276,16 +276,6 @@ unsigned long read_word_at_a_time(const void *addr)
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
-/*
- * Force the compiler to emit 'sym' as a symbol, so that we can reference
- * it from inline assembler. Necessary in case 'sym' could be inlined
- * otherwise, or eliminated entirely due to lack of references that are
- * visible to the compiler.
- */
-#define __ADDRESSABLE(sym) \
-	static void * __attribute__((section(".discard.addressable"), used)) \
-		__PASTE(__addressable_##sym, __LINE__) = (void *)&sym;
-
 /**
  * offset_to_ptr - convert a relative memory offset to an absolute pointer
  * @off:	the address of the 32-bit offset value
-- 
2.30.2




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