+++ /dev/null
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ prepare: prepare0
- # Leave this as default for preprocessing vmlinux.lds.S, which is now
- # done in arch/$(ARCH)/kernel/Makefile
-
--export CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds += -P -C -U$(ARCH)
-+export CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds += -P -C -U$(ARCH) $(EXTRA_LDSFLAGS)
-
- # The asm symlink changes when $(ARCH) changes.
- # Detect this and ask user to run make mrproper
---- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
-+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
-@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
- #define LOAD_OFFSET 0
- #endif
-
-+#ifndef SYMTAB_KEEP_STR
-+#define SYMTAB_KEEP_STR *(__ksymtab_strings.*)
-+#endif
-+
-+#ifndef SYMTAB_KEEP
-+#define SYMTAB_KEEP *(__ksymtab.*)
-+#endif
-+
-+#ifndef SYMTAB_KEEP_GPL
-+#define SYMTAB_KEEP_GPL *(__ksymtab_gpl.*)
-+#endif
-+
- #ifndef VMLINUX_SYMBOL
- #define VMLINUX_SYMBOL(_sym_) _sym_
- #endif
-@@ -124,35 +136,35 @@
- /* Kernel symbol table: Normal symbols */ \
- __ksymtab : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
- VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___ksymtab) = .; \
-- *(__ksymtab) \
-+ SYMTAB_KEEP \
- VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___ksymtab) = .; \
- } \
- \
- /* Kernel symbol table: GPL-only symbols */ \
- __ksymtab_gpl : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_gpl) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
- VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___ksymtab_gpl) = .; \
-- *(__ksymtab_gpl) \
-+ SYMTAB_KEEP_GPL \
- VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___ksymtab_gpl) = .; \
- } \
- \
- /* Kernel symbol table: Normal unused symbols */ \
- __ksymtab_unused : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_unused) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
- VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___ksymtab_unused) = .; \
-- *(__ksymtab_unused) \
-+ *(__ksymtab_unused.*) \
- VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___ksymtab_unused) = .; \
- } \
- \
- /* Kernel symbol table: GPL-only unused symbols */ \
- __ksymtab_unused_gpl : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_unused_gpl) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
- VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___ksymtab_unused_gpl) = .; \
-- *(__ksymtab_unused_gpl) \
-+ *(__ksymtab_unused_gpl.*) \
- VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___ksymtab_unused_gpl) = .; \
- } \
- \
- /* Kernel symbol table: GPL-future-only symbols */ \
- __ksymtab_gpl_future : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_gpl_future) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
- VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___ksymtab_gpl_future) = .; \
-- *(__ksymtab_gpl_future) \
-+ *(__ksymtab_gpl_future.*) \
- VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___ksymtab_gpl_future) = .; \
- } \
- \
-@@ -193,7 +205,13 @@
- \
- /* Kernel symbol table: strings */ \
- __ksymtab_strings : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_strings) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
-- *(__ksymtab_strings) \
-+ SYMTAB_KEEP_STR \
-+ } \
-+ \
-+ /DISCARD/ : { \
-+ *(__ksymtab.*) \
-+ *(__ksymtab_gpl.*) \
-+ *(__ksymtab_strings.*) \
- } \
- \
- /* __*init sections */ \
---- a/include/linux/module.h
-+++ b/include/linux/module.h
-@@ -187,16 +187,24 @@ void *__symbol_get_gpl(const char *symbo
- #define __CRC_SYMBOL(sym, sec)
- #endif
-
-+#ifdef MODULE
-+#define __EXPORT_SUFFIX(sym)
-+#else
-+#define __EXPORT_SUFFIX(sym) "." #sym
-+#endif
-+
- /* For every exported symbol, place a struct in the __ksymtab section */
- #define __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, sec) \
- extern typeof(sym) sym; \
- __CRC_SYMBOL(sym, sec) \
- static const char __kstrtab_##sym[] \
-- __attribute__((section("__ksymtab_strings"), aligned(1))) \
-+ __attribute__((section("__ksymtab_strings" \
-+ __EXPORT_SUFFIX(sym)), aligned(1))) \
- = MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX #sym; \
- static const struct kernel_symbol __ksymtab_##sym \
- __used \
-- __attribute__((section("__ksymtab" sec), unused)) \
-+ __attribute__((section("__ksymtab" sec \
-+ __EXPORT_SUFFIX(sym)), unused)) \
- = { (unsigned long)&sym, __kstrtab_##sym }
-
- #define EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym) \