init/version.c: remove Version_<LINUX_VERSION_CODE> symbol

This code hunk creates a Version_<LINUX_VERSION_CODE> symbol if
CONFIG_KALLSYMS is disabled.  For example, building the kernel v5.10 for
allnoconfig creates the following symbol:

  $ nm vmlinux | grep Version_
  c116b028 B Version_330240

There is no in-tree user of this symbol.

Commit 197dcffc8b ("init/version.c: define version_string only if
CONFIG_KALLSYMS is not defined") mentions that Version_* is only used
with ksymoops.

However, a commit in the pre-git era [1] had added the statement,
"ksymoops is useless on 2.6.  Please use the Oops in its original format".

That statement existed until commit 4eb9241127 ("Documentation:
admin-guide: update bug-hunting.rst") finally removed the stale
ksymoops information.

This symbol is no longer needed.

[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/?id=ad68b2f085f5c79e4759ca2d13947b3c885ee831

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <[email protected]>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
Cc: Daniel Guilak <[email protected]>
Cc: Lee Revell <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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Masahiro Yamada authored and Linus Torvalds committed 2021-02-26 09:41:04 -08:00
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#include <linux/version.h>
#include <linux/proc_ns.h>
#ifndef CONFIG_KALLSYMS
#define version(a) Version_ ## a
#define version_string(a) version(a)
extern int version_string(LINUX_VERSION_CODE);
int version_string(LINUX_VERSION_CODE);
#endif
struct uts_namespace init_uts_ns = {
.ns.count = REFCOUNT_INIT(2),
.name = {