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Previously, there were two cases where mod->is_dot_o is unset: [1] the executable 'vmlinux' in the second pass of modpost [2] modules loaded by read_dump() I think [1] was intended usage to distinguish 'vmlinux.o' and 'vmlinux'. Now that modpost does not parse the executable 'vmlinux', this case does not happen. [2] is obscure, maybe a bug. Module.symver stores module paths without extension. So, none of modules loaded by read_dump() has the .o suffix, and new_module() unsets ->is_dot_o. Anyway, it is not a big deal because handle_symbol() is not called for the case. To sum up, all the parsed ELF files are .o files. mod->is_dot_o is unneeded. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.