diff --git a/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst b/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst
index 3f8e9d5d95c22f5e4517cc18c8b03a387f845863..e201a6033469385ef66d5ee9ba4d0b9915c7e823 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ and elsewhere regarding submitting Linux kernel patches.
9) Check cleanly with sparse.
-10) Use ``make checkstack`` and ``make namespacecheck`` and fix any problems
- that they find.
+10) Use ``make checkstack`` and fix any problems that it finds.
.. note::
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 088fb7d49dd797b09f51ec37e2aacb8b50abab56..ddadab2f2e8b54c79ed9fb99521b717df5617422 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1576,7 +1576,6 @@ help:
echo ''
@echo 'Static analysers:'
@echo ' checkstack - Generate a list of stack hogs'
- @echo ' namespacecheck - Name space analysis on compiled kernel'
@echo ' versioncheck - Sanity check on version.h usage'
@echo ' includecheck - Check for duplicate included header files'
@echo ' export_report - List the usages of all exported symbols'
@@ -1876,7 +1875,7 @@ endif
# Scripts to check various things for consistency
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-PHONY += includecheck versioncheck coccicheck namespacecheck export_report
+PHONY += includecheck versioncheck coccicheck export_report
includecheck:
find $(srctree)/* $(RCS_FIND_IGNORE) \
@@ -1891,9 +1890,6 @@ versioncheck:
coccicheck:
$(Q)$(BASH) $(srctree)/scripts/$@
-namespacecheck:
- $(PERL) $(srctree)/scripts/namespace.pl
-
export_report:
$(PERL) $(srctree)/scripts/export_report.pl
diff --git a/scripts/namespace.pl b/scripts/namespace.pl
deleted file mode 100755
index 1da7bca201a42453fda2a6a09f5d0356a31047cf..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/scripts/namespace.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,473 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env perl
-#
-# namespace.pl. Mon Aug 30 2004
-#
-# Perform a name space analysis on the linux kernel.
-#
-# Copyright Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>. GPL.
-#
-# Invoke by changing directory to the top of the kernel object
-# tree then namespace.pl, no parameters.
-#
-# Tuned for 2.1.x kernels with the new module handling, it will
-# work with 2.0 kernels as well.
-#
-# Last change 2.6.9-rc1, adding support for separate source and object
-# trees.
-#
-# The source must be compiled/assembled first, the object files
-# are the primary input to this script. Incomplete or missing
-# objects will result in a flawed analysis. Compile both vmlinux
-# and modules.
-#
-# Even with complete objects, treat the result of the analysis
-# with caution. Some external references are only used by
-# certain architectures, others with certain combinations of
-# configuration parameters. Ideally the source should include
-# something like
-#
-# #ifndef CONFIG_...
-# static
-# #endif
-# symbol_definition;
-#
-# so the symbols are defined as static unless a particular
-# CONFIG_... requires it to be external.
-#
-# A symbol that is suffixed with '(export only)' has these properties
-#
-# * It is global.
-# * It is marked EXPORT_SYMBOL or EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL, either in the same
-# source file or a different source file.
-# * Given the current .config, nothing uses the symbol.
-#
-# The symbol is a candidate for conversion to static, plus removal of the
-# export. But be careful that a different .config might use the symbol.
-#
-#
-# Name space analysis and cleanup is an iterative process. You cannot
-# expect to find all the problems in a single pass.
-#
-# * Identify possibly unnecessary global declarations, verify that they
-# really are unnecessary and change them to static.
-# * Compile and fix up gcc warnings about static, removing dead symbols
-# as necessary.
-# * make clean and rebuild with different configs (especially
-# CONFIG_MODULES=n) to see which symbols are being defined when the
-# config does not require them. These symbols bloat the kernel object
-# for no good reason, which is frustrating for embedded systems.
-# * Wrap config sensitive symbols in #ifdef CONFIG_foo, as long as the
-# code does not get too ugly.
-# * Repeat the name space analysis until you can live with with the
-# result.
-#
-
-use warnings;
-use strict;
-use File::Find;
-use File::Spec;
-
-my $nm = ($ENV{'NM'} || "nm") . " -p";
-my $objdump = ($ENV{'OBJDUMP'} || "objdump") . " -s -j .comment";
-my $srctree = File::Spec->curdir();
-my $objtree = File::Spec->curdir();
-$srctree = File::Spec->rel2abs($ENV{'srctree'}) if (exists($ENV{'srctree'}));
-$objtree = File::Spec->rel2abs($ENV{'objtree'}) if (exists($ENV{'objtree'}));
-
-if ($#ARGV != -1) {
- print STDERR "usage: $0 takes no parameters\n";
- die("giving up\n");
-}
-
-my %nmdata = (); # nm data for each object
-my %def = (); # all definitions for each name
-my %ksymtab = (); # names that appear in __ksymtab_
-my %ref = (); # $ref{$name} exists if there is a true external reference to $name
-my %export = (); # $export{$name} exists if there is an EXPORT_... of $name
-
-my %nmexception = (
- 'fs/ext3/bitmap' => 1,
- 'fs/ext4/bitmap' => 1,
- 'arch/x86/lib/thunk_32' => 1,
- 'arch/x86/lib/cmpxchg' => 1,
- 'arch/x86/vdso/vdso32/note' => 1,
- 'lib/irq_regs' => 1,
- 'usr/initramfs_data' => 1,
- 'drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_dump' => 1,
- 'drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_dump' => 1,
- 'lib/dec_and_lock' => 1,
- 'drivers/ide/ide-probe-mini' => 1,
- 'usr/initramfs_data' => 1,
- 'drivers/acpi/acpia/exdump' => 1,
- 'drivers/acpi/acpia/rsdump' => 1,
- 'drivers/acpi/acpia/nsdumpdv' => 1,
- 'drivers/acpi/acpia/nsdump' => 1,
- 'arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/io' => 1,
- 'arch/ia64/kernel/gate-data' => 1,
- 'security/capability' => 1,
- 'fs/ntfs/sysctl' => 1,
- 'fs/jfs/jfs_debug' => 1,
-);
-
-my %nameexception = (
- 'mod_use_count_' => 1,
- '__initramfs_end' => 1,
- '__initramfs_start' => 1,
- '_einittext' => 1,
- '_sinittext' => 1,
- 'kallsyms_names' => 1,
- 'kallsyms_num_syms' => 1,
- 'kallsyms_addresses'=> 1,
- 'kallsyms_offsets' => 1,
- 'kallsyms_relative_base'=> 1,
- '__this_module' => 1,
- '_etext' => 1,
- '_edata' => 1,
- '_end' => 1,
- '__bss_start' => 1,
- '_text' => 1,
- '_stext' => 1,
- '__gp' => 1,
- 'ia64_unw_start' => 1,
- 'ia64_unw_end' => 1,
- '__init_begin' => 1,
- '__init_end' => 1,
- '__bss_stop' => 1,
- '__nosave_begin' => 1,
- '__nosave_end' => 1,
- 'pg0' => 1,
- 'vdso_enabled' => 1,
- '__stack_chk_fail' => 1,
- 'VDSO32_PRELINK' => 1,
- 'VDSO32_vsyscall' => 1,
- 'VDSO32_rt_sigreturn'=>1,
- 'VDSO32_sigreturn' => 1,
-);
-
-
-&find(\&linux_objects, '.'); # find the objects and do_nm on them
-&list_multiply_defined();
-&resolve_external_references();
-&list_extra_externals();
-
-exit(0);
-
-sub linux_objects
-{
- # Select objects, ignoring objects which are only created by
- # merging other objects. Also ignore all of modules, scripts
- # and compressed. Most conglomerate objects are handled by do_nm,
- # this list only contains the special cases. These include objects
- # that are linked from just one other object and objects for which
- # there is really no permanent source file.
- my $basename = $_;
- $_ = $File::Find::name;
- s:^\./::;
- if (/.*\.o$/ &&
- ! (
- m:/built-in.a$:
- || m:arch/x86/vdso/:
- || m:arch/x86/boot/:
- || m:arch/ia64/ia32/ia32.o$:
- || m:arch/ia64/kernel/gate-syms.o$:
- || m:arch/ia64/lib/__divdi3.o$:
- || m:arch/ia64/lib/__divsi3.o$:
- || m:arch/ia64/lib/__moddi3.o$:
- || m:arch/ia64/lib/__modsi3.o$:
- || m:arch/ia64/lib/__udivdi3.o$:
- || m:arch/ia64/lib/__udivsi3.o$:
- || m:arch/ia64/lib/__umoddi3.o$:
- || m:arch/ia64/lib/__umodsi3.o$:
- || m:arch/ia64/scripts/check_gas_for_hint.o$:
- || m:arch/ia64/sn/kernel/xp.o$:
- || m:boot/bbootsect.o$:
- || m:boot/bsetup.o$:
- || m:/bootsect.o$:
- || m:/boot/setup.o$:
- || m:/compressed/:
- || m:drivers/cdrom/driver.o$:
- || m:drivers/char/drm/tdfx_drv.o$:
- || m:drivers/ide/ide-detect.o$:
- || m:drivers/ide/pci/idedriver-pci.o$:
- || m:drivers/media/media.o$:
- || m:drivers/scsi/sd_mod.o$:
- || m:drivers/video/video.o$:
- || m:fs/devpts/devpts.o$:
- || m:fs/exportfs/exportfs.o$:
- || m:fs/hugetlbfs/hugetlbfs.o$:
- || m:fs/msdos/msdos.o$:
- || m:fs/nls/nls.o$:
- || m:fs/ramfs/ramfs.o$:
- || m:fs/romfs/romfs.o$:
- || m:fs/vfat/vfat.o$:
- || m:init/mounts.o$:
- || m:^modules/:
- || m:net/netlink/netlink.o$:
- || m:net/sched/sched.o$:
- || m:/piggy.o$:
- || m:^scripts/:
- || m:sound/.*/snd-:
- || m:^.*/\.tmp_:
- || m:^\.tmp_:
- || m:/vmlinux-obj.o$:
- || m:^tools/:
- )
- ) {
- do_nm($basename, $_);
- }
- $_ = $basename; # File::Find expects $_ untouched (undocumented)
-}
-
-sub do_nm
-{
- my ($basename, $fullname) = @_;
- my ($source, $type, $name);
- if (! -e $basename) {
- printf STDERR "$basename does not exist\n";
- return;
- }
- if ($fullname !~ /\.o$/) {
- printf STDERR "$fullname is not an object file\n";
- return;
- }
- ($source = $basename) =~ s/\.o$//;
- if (-e "$source.c" || -e "$source.S") {
- $source = File::Spec->catfile($objtree, $File::Find::dir, $source)
- } else {
- $source = File::Spec->catfile($srctree, $File::Find::dir, $source)
- }
- if (! -e "$source.c" && ! -e "$source.S") {
- # No obvious source, exclude the object if it is conglomerate
- open(my $objdumpdata, "$objdump $basename|")
- or die "$objdump $fullname failed $!\n";
-
- my $comment;
- while (<$objdumpdata>) {
- chomp();
- if (/^In archive/) {
- # Archives are always conglomerate
- $comment = "GCC:GCC:";
- last;
- }
- next if (! /^[ 0-9a-f]{5,} /);
- $comment .= substr($_, 43);
- }
- close($objdumpdata);
-
- if (!defined($comment) || $comment !~ /GCC\:.*GCC\:/m) {
- printf STDERR "No source file found for $fullname\n";
- }
- return;
- }
- open (my $nmdata, "$nm $basename|")
- or die "$nm $fullname failed $!\n";
-
- my @nmdata;
- while (<$nmdata>) {
- chop;
- ($type, $name) = (split(/ +/, $_, 3))[1..2];
- # Expected types
- # A absolute symbol
- # B weak external reference to data that has been resolved
- # C global variable, uninitialised
- # D global variable, initialised
- # G global variable, initialised, small data section
- # R global array, initialised
- # S global variable, uninitialised, small bss
- # T global label/procedure
- # U external reference
- # W weak external reference to text that has been resolved
- # V similar to W, but the value of the weak symbol becomes zero with no error.
- # a assembler equate
- # b static variable, uninitialised
- # d static variable, initialised
- # g static variable, initialised, small data section
- # r static array, initialised
- # s static variable, uninitialised, small bss
- # t static label/procedures
- # w weak external reference to text that has not been resolved
- # v similar to w
- # ? undefined type, used a lot by modules
- if ($type !~ /^[ABCDGRSTUWVabdgrstwv?]$/) {
- printf STDERR "nm output for $fullname contains unknown type '$_'\n";
- }
- elsif ($name =~ /\./) {
- # name with '.' is local static
- }
- else {
- $type = 'R' if ($type eq '?'); # binutils replaced ? with R at one point
- # binutils keeps changing the type for exported symbols, force it to R
- $type = 'R' if ($name =~ /^__ksymtab/ || $name =~ /^__kstrtab/);
- $name =~ s/_R[a-f0-9]{8}$//; # module versions adds this
- if ($type =~ /[ABCDGRSTWV]/ &&
- $name ne 'init_module' &&
- $name ne 'cleanup_module' &&
- $name ne 'Using_Versions' &&
- $name !~ /^Version_[0-9]+$/ &&
- $name !~ /^__parm_/ &&
- $name !~ /^__kstrtab/ &&
- $name !~ /^__ksymtab/ &&
- $name !~ /^__kcrctab_/ &&
- $name !~ /^__exitcall_/ &&
- $name !~ /^__initcall_/ &&
- $name !~ /^__kdb_initcall_/ &&
- $name !~ /^__kdb_exitcall_/ &&
- $name !~ /^__module_/ &&
- $name !~ /^__mod_/ &&
- $name !~ /^__crc_/ &&
- $name ne '__this_module' &&
- $name ne 'kernel_version') {
- if (!exists($def{$name})) {
- $def{$name} = [];
- }
- push(@{$def{$name}}, $fullname);
- }
- push(@nmdata, "$type $name");
- if ($name =~ /^__ksymtab_/) {
- $name = substr($name, 10);
- if (!exists($ksymtab{$name})) {
- $ksymtab{$name} = [];
- }
- push(@{$ksymtab{$name}}, $fullname);
- }
- }
- }
- close($nmdata);
-
- if ($#nmdata < 0) {
- printf "No nm data for $fullname\n"
- unless $nmexception{$fullname};
- return;
- }
- $nmdata{$fullname} = \@nmdata;
-}
-
-sub drop_def
-{
- my ($object, $name) = @_;
- my $nmdata = $nmdata{$object};
- my ($i, $j);
- for ($i = 0; $i <= $#{$nmdata}; ++$i) {
- if ($name eq (split(' ', $nmdata->[$i], 2))[1]) {
- splice(@{$nmdata{$object}}, $i, 1);
- my $def = $def{$name};
- for ($j = 0; $j < $#{$def{$name}}; ++$j) {
- if ($def{$name}[$j] eq $object) {
- splice(@{$def{$name}}, $j, 1);
- }
- }
- last;
- }
- }
-}
-
-sub list_multiply_defined
-{
- foreach my $name (keys(%def)) {
- if ($#{$def{$name}} > 0) {
- # Special case for cond_syscall
- if ($#{$def{$name}} == 1 &&
- ($name =~ /^sys_/ || $name =~ /^compat_sys_/ ||
- $name =~ /^sys32_/)) {
- if($def{$name}[0] eq "kernel/sys_ni.o" ||
- $def{$name}[1] eq "kernel/sys_ni.o") {
- &drop_def("kernel/sys_ni.o", $name);
- next;
- }
- }
-
- printf "$name is multiply defined in :-\n";
- foreach my $module (@{$def{$name}}) {
- printf "\t$module\n";
- }
- }
- }
-}
-
-sub resolve_external_references
-{
- my ($kstrtab, $ksymtab, $export);
-
- printf "\n";
- foreach my $object (keys(%nmdata)) {
- my $nmdata = $nmdata{$object};
- for (my $i = 0; $i <= $#{$nmdata}; ++$i) {
- my ($type, $name) = split(' ', $nmdata->[$i], 2);
- if ($type eq "U" || $type eq "w") {
- if (exists($def{$name}) || exists($ksymtab{$name})) {
- # add the owning object to the nmdata
- $nmdata->[$i] = "$type $name $object";
- # only count as a reference if it is not EXPORT_...
- $kstrtab = "R __kstrtab_$name";
- $ksymtab = "R __ksymtab_$name";
- $export = 0;
- for (my $j = 0; $j <= $#{$nmdata}; ++$j) {
- if ($nmdata->[$j] eq $kstrtab ||
- $nmdata->[$j] eq $ksymtab) {
- $export = 1;
- last;
- }
- }
- if ($export) {
- $export{$name} = "";
- }
- else {
- $ref{$name} = ""
- }
- }
- elsif ( ! $nameexception{$name}
- && $name !~ /^__sched_text_/
- && $name !~ /^__start_/
- && $name !~ /^__end_/
- && $name !~ /^__stop_/
- && $name !~ /^__scheduling_functions_.*_here/
- && $name !~ /^__.*initcall_/
- && $name !~ /^__.*per_cpu_start/
- && $name !~ /^__.*per_cpu_end/
- && $name !~ /^__alt_instructions/
- && $name !~ /^__setup_/
- && $name !~ /^__mod_timer/
- && $name !~ /^__mod_page_state/
- && $name !~ /^init_module/
- && $name !~ /^cleanup_module/
- ) {
- printf "Cannot resolve ";
- printf "weak " if ($type eq "w");
- printf "reference to $name from $object\n";
- }
- }
- }
- }
-}
-
-sub list_extra_externals
-{
- my %noref = ();
-
- foreach my $name (keys(%def)) {
- if (! exists($ref{$name})) {
- my @module = @{$def{$name}};
- foreach my $module (@module) {
- if (! exists($noref{$module})) {
- $noref{$module} = [];
- }
- push(@{$noref{$module}}, $name);
- }
- }
- }
- if (%noref) {
- printf "\nExternally defined symbols with no external references\n";
- foreach my $module (sort(keys(%noref))) {
- printf " $module\n";
- foreach (sort(@{$noref{$module}})) {
- my $export;
- if (exists($export{$_})) {
- $export = " (export only)";
- } else {
- $export = "";
- }
- printf " $_$export\n";
- }
- }
- }
-}