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diff --git a/include/linux/export.h b/include/linux/export.h
index ce764a5d2ee4..fd8711ed9ac4 100644
--- a/include/linux/export.h
+++ b/include/linux/export.h
@@ -92,22 +92,22 @@ struct kernel_symbol {
*/
#define __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, sec)
-#elif defined(__KSYM_DEPS__)
+#elif defined(CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS)
+
+#include <generated/autoksyms.h>
/*
* For fine grained build dependencies, we want to tell the build system
* about each possible exported symbol even if they're not actually exported.
- * We use a string pattern that is unlikely to be valid code that the build
- * system filters out from the preprocessor output (see ksym_dep_filter
- * in scripts/Kbuild.include).
+ * We use a symbol pattern __ksym_marker_<symbol> that the build system filters
+ * from the $(NM) output (see scripts/gen_ksymdeps.sh). These symbols are
+ * discarded in the final link stage.
*/
-#define __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, sec) === __KSYM_##sym ===
-
-#elif defined(CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS)
-
-#include <generated/autoksyms.h>
+#define __ksym_marker(sym) \
+ static int __ksym_marker_##sym[0] __section(".discard.ksym") __used
#define __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, sec) \
+ __ksym_marker(sym); \
__cond_export_sym(sym, sec, __is_defined(__KSYM_##sym))
#define __cond_export_sym(sym, sec, conf) \
___cond_export_sym(sym, sec, conf)