Finally remove the obnoxious inter_module_xxx()

This was already a bad plan when I argued against adding it in the first
place. Good riddance.

Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>

diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index eaec13ddd6670bb8f9d41ef68a3faf3c7d06a5bb..b0d44134f3c466fc2dbf34db367d72a460cc2f4f 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -557,13 +557,4 @@ static inline void module_remove_driver(struct device_driver *driver)
 
 #define __MODULE_STRING(x) __stringify(x)
 
-/* Use symbol_get and symbol_put instead.  You'll thank me. */
-#define HAVE_INTER_MODULE
-extern void __deprecated inter_module_register(const char *,
-               struct module *, const void *);
-extern void __deprecated inter_module_unregister(const char *);
-extern const void * __deprecated inter_module_get_request(const char *,
-               const char *);
-extern void __deprecated inter_module_put(const char *);
-
 #endif /* _LINUX_MODULE_H */

diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 3b36a1d536564e742d9d0b8d93f6db11d5a19c83..a7697787946a68d230af8d1c611dded224eb9058 100644 (file)
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -389,9 +389,6 @@ config SLOB
        default !SLAB
        bool
 
-config OBSOLETE_INTERMODULE
-       tristate
-
 menu "Loadable module support"
 
 config MODULES

diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 58908f9d156a0c68d2eaf880609e55481a2a2e15..f6ef00f4f90fb9069982c1ef6c986d8bb4e7e346 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += cpu.o spinlock.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK) += spinlock.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_UID16) += uid16.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MODULES) += module.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_OBSOLETE_INTERMODULE) += intermodule.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KALLSYMS) += kallsyms.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PM) += power/
 obj-$(CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT) += acct.o

diff --git a/kernel/intermodule.c b/kernel/intermodule.c
deleted file mode 100644 (file)
index 55b1e5b..0000000
--- a/kernel/intermodule.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,184 +0,0 @@
-/* Deprecated, do not use.  Moved from module.c to here. --RR */
-
-/* Written by Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au> Oct 2000 */
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/kmod.h>
-#include <linux/spinlock.h>
-#include <linux/list.h>
-#include <linux/slab.h>
-
-/* inter_module functions are always available, even when the kernel is
- * compiled without modules.  Consumers of inter_module_xxx routines
- * will always work, even when both are built into the kernel, this
- * approach removes lots of #ifdefs in mainline code.
- */
-
-static struct list_head ime_list = LIST_HEAD_INIT(ime_list);
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ime_lock);
-static int kmalloc_failed;
-
-struct inter_module_entry {
-       struct list_head list;
-       const char *im_name;
-       struct module *owner;
-       const void *userdata;
-};
-
-/**
- * inter_module_register - register a new set of inter module data.
- * @im_name: an arbitrary string to identify the data, must be unique
- * @owner: module that is registering the data, always use THIS_MODULE
- * @userdata: pointer to arbitrary userdata to be registered
- *
- * Description: Check that the im_name has not already been registered,
- * complain if it has.  For new data, add it to the inter_module_entry
- * list.
- */
-void inter_module_register(const char *im_name, struct module *owner, const void *userdata)
-{
-       struct list_head *tmp;
-       struct inter_module_entry *ime, *ime_new;
-
-       if (!(ime_new = kzalloc(sizeof(*ime), GFP_KERNEL))) {
-               /* Overloaded kernel, not fatal */
-               printk(KERN_ERR
-                       "Aiee, inter_module_register: cannot kmalloc entry for '%s'\n",
-                       im_name);
-               kmalloc_failed = 1;
-               return;
-       }
-       ime_new->im_name = im_name;
-       ime_new->owner = owner;
-       ime_new->userdata = userdata;
-
-       spin_lock(&ime_lock);
-       list_for_each(tmp, &ime_list) {
-               ime = list_entry(tmp, struct inter_module_entry, list);
-               if (strcmp(ime->im_name, im_name) == 0) {
-                       spin_unlock(&ime_lock);
-                       kfree(ime_new);
-                       /* Program logic error, fatal */
-                       printk(KERN_ERR "inter_module_register: duplicate im_name '%s'", im_name);
-                       BUG();
-               }
-       }
-       list_add(&(ime_new->list), &ime_list);
-       spin_unlock(&ime_lock);
-}
-
-/**
- * inter_module_unregister - unregister a set of inter module data.
- * @im_name: an arbitrary string to identify the data, must be unique
- *
- * Description: Check that the im_name has been registered, complain if
- * it has not.  For existing data, remove it from the
- * inter_module_entry list.
- */
-void inter_module_unregister(const char *im_name)
-{
-       struct list_head *tmp;
-       struct inter_module_entry *ime;
-
-       spin_lock(&ime_lock);
-       list_for_each(tmp, &ime_list) {
-               ime = list_entry(tmp, struct inter_module_entry, list);
-               if (strcmp(ime->im_name, im_name) == 0) {
-                       list_del(&(ime->list));
-                       spin_unlock(&ime_lock);
-                       kfree(ime);
-                       return;
-               }
-       }
-       spin_unlock(&ime_lock);
-       if (kmalloc_failed) {
-               printk(KERN_ERR
-                       "inter_module_unregister: no entry for '%s', "
-                       "probably caused by previous kmalloc failure\n",
-                       im_name);
-               return;
-       }
-       else {
-               /* Program logic error, fatal */
-               printk(KERN_ERR "inter_module_unregister: no entry for '%s'", im_name);
-               BUG();
-       }
-}
-
-/**
- * inter_module_get - return arbitrary userdata from another module.
- * @im_name: an arbitrary string to identify the data, must be unique
- *
- * Description: If the im_name has not been registered, return NULL.
- * Try to increment the use count on the owning module, if that fails
- * then return NULL.  Otherwise return the userdata.
- */
-static const void *inter_module_get(const char *im_name)
-{
-       struct list_head *tmp;
-       struct inter_module_entry *ime;
-       const void *result = NULL;
-
-       spin_lock(&ime_lock);
-       list_for_each(tmp, &ime_list) {
-               ime = list_entry(tmp, struct inter_module_entry, list);
-               if (strcmp(ime->im_name, im_name) == 0) {
-                       if (try_module_get(ime->owner))
-                               result = ime->userdata;
-                       break;
-               }
-       }
-       spin_unlock(&ime_lock);
-       return(result);
-}
-
-/**
- * inter_module_get_request - im get with automatic request_module.
- * @im_name: an arbitrary string to identify the data, must be unique
- * @modname: module that is expected to register im_name
- *
- * Description: If inter_module_get fails, do request_module then retry.
- */
-const void *inter_module_get_request(const char *im_name, const char *modname)
-{
-       const void *result = inter_module_get(im_name);
-       if (!result) {
-               request_module("%s", modname);
-               result = inter_module_get(im_name);
-       }
-       return(result);
-}
-
-/**
- * inter_module_put - release use of data from another module.
- * @im_name: an arbitrary string to identify the data, must be unique
- *
- * Description: If the im_name has not been registered, complain,
- * otherwise decrement the use count on the owning module.
- */
-void inter_module_put(const char *im_name)
-{
-       struct list_head *tmp;
-       struct inter_module_entry *ime;
-
-       spin_lock(&ime_lock);
-       list_for_each(tmp, &ime_list) {
-               ime = list_entry(tmp, struct inter_module_entry, list);
-               if (strcmp(ime->im_name, im_name) == 0) {
-                       if (ime->owner)
-                               module_put(ime->owner);
-                       spin_unlock(&ime_lock);
-                       return;
-               }
-       }
-       spin_unlock(&ime_lock);
-       printk(KERN_ERR "inter_module_put: no entry for '%s'", im_name);
-       BUG();
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(inter_module_register);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(inter_module_unregister);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(inter_module_get_request);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(inter_module_put);
-
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-