[PATCH v2] lib/crypto: arm/poly1305: Remove unneeded empty weak function

[Ard Biesheuvel]

On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 at 07:28, Eric Biggers <ebiggers at kernel.org> wrote:
>
> Fix poly1305-armv4.pl to not do '.globl poly1305_blocks_neon' when
> poly1305_blocks_neon() is not defined.  Then, remove the empty __weak
> definition of poly1305_blocks_neon(), which was still needed only
> because of that unnecessary globl statement.  (It also used to be needed
> because the compiler could generate calls to it when
> CONFIG_KERNEL_MODE_NEON=n, but that has been fixed.)
>
> Thanks to Arnd Bergmann for reporting that the globl statement in the
> asm file was still depending on the weak symbol.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers at kernel.org>
> ---
>  lib/crypto/arm/poly1305-armv4.pl | 2 +-
>  lib/crypto/arm/poly1305-glue.c   | 5 -----
>  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)
>

Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>