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Masahiro Yamada 7934a8dd86 module: remove meaningless 'name' parameter from __MODULE_INFO()
The symbol names in the .modinfo section are never used and already
randomized by the __UNIQUE_ID() macro.

Therefore, the second parameter of  __MODULE_INFO() is meaningless
and can be removed to simplify the code.

With this change, the symbol names in the .modinfo section will be
prefixed with __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo, making it clearer that they
originate from MODULE_INFO().

[Before]

  $ objcopy  -j .modinfo vmlinux.o modinfo.o
  $ nm -n modinfo.o | head -n10
  0000000000000000 r __UNIQUE_ID_license560
  0000000000000011 r __UNIQUE_ID_file559
  0000000000000030 r __UNIQUE_ID_description558
  0000000000000074 r __UNIQUE_ID_license580
  000000000000008e r __UNIQUE_ID_file579
  00000000000000bd r __UNIQUE_ID_description578
  00000000000000e6 r __UNIQUE_ID_license581
  00000000000000ff r __UNIQUE_ID_file580
  0000000000000134 r __UNIQUE_ID_description579
  0000000000000179 r __UNIQUE_ID_uncore_no_discover578

[After]

  $ objcopy  -j .modinfo vmlinux.o modinfo.o
  $ nm -n modinfo.o | head -n10
  0000000000000000 r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo560
  0000000000000011 r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo559
  0000000000000030 r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo558
  0000000000000074 r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo580
  000000000000008e r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo579
  00000000000000bd r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo578
  00000000000000e6 r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo581
  00000000000000ff r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo580
  0000000000000134 r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo579
  0000000000000179 r __UNIQUE_ID_modinfo578

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
2025-06-24 20:33:31 +09:00
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